A Saudi-led coalition airstrike reportedly hits a water project in the Nushur area of Safra district, threatening to affect up to 10,500 people who rely on the water supplied by the project in Yemen. No injuries or fatalities are reported. This particular project has been hit three times by airstrikes.
Don Sebastian Alonzo Juan, 72, is shot and killed while participating in a peaceful community demonstration in Yichkisis, village of San Mateo Ixtatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, against three local hydroelectric projects. The shots are reportedly fired by the private security guards hired by the hydroelectric project company.
Neri and Domingo Esteban Pedro were found murdered near the San Andres hydroelectric project on the Yal Witz River in western Guatemala. The brothers were vocal opponents of the project.
Property destruction: Pro-Houthi forces reportedly destroy water collection tanks in Bani Zuhayr village west of Hays city in the south of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The tanks are reportedly the only source of water for the citizens of Hays district.
A water station in Basida, Idlib Governorate, Syria, serving 80,000 people is damaged by ongoing violence.
India releases water from a dam on the River Sutlej, causing moderate flooding downstream in Pakistan. India claims that the release is a “routine exercise” during monsoon season. The release and resultant flooding are seen as an act of war by Pakistan. This incident adds to the already strained relations between the two countries which have been at odds since February 2019 when 40 Indian parliamentary police were killed by a suicide bomb in Kashmir.
On January 5th, pro-Houthi forces shell a mosque and a water well in the Al Jabaliyah area of At Tuhayat district, Yemen, causing material damages. No injuries nor fatalities are reported.
A tank used to store potable water is hit by a Saudi coalition airstrike in Kamaran district, Yemen.
A water pump is hit during an air raid in Sihar District, Sa’ada, Yemen.
Pro-Houthi forces reportedly fire mortar shells near the city of Hays in the south of Hodeidah Governorate, western Yemen. Several houses and a water tanker are severely damaged by shrapnel. At least one civilian is injured in the shelling.