The April bombing of a Yemeni oil port by U.S. forces that killed and wounded hundreds of civilians and disrupted the delivery of lifesaving aid to one of the world’s most war-torn nations was “an apparent war crime” that should be investigated, a leading international human rights group said Wednesday.

On April 17, a series of U.S. airstrikes destroyed the Ras Isa oil Port on the Red Sea north of Hodeidah, killing 84 people and wounding more than 150 others, according to first responders, local officials, and a probe by the U.K.-based independent monitor Airwars.

The bombings were part of the Trump administration’s response to resistance by Houthi rebels to Israel’s annihilation of Gaza , which has included ballistic missile strikes targeting Israel and Red Sea shipping related

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