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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that renewed violence in Hodeida is “yet another blow to peace efforts in Yemen, a country sliding further into chaos and misery.”
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore warned that “escalating hostilities are putting thousands of children living in and around the area at imminent risk of injury or death.”
Fore added that at least 6,500 children have been killed or injured in Yemen since the conflict escalated three years ago.
Saudi Arabia along with several Arab countries launched a military offensive against Yemen in 2015 to forcefully reinstate the resigned Yemeni regime headed by former president Abd rabbu Mansour Hadi.
“Until it comes, we call for maximum restraint from the parties to spare human life and allow for humanitarian access,” she said. “Only peace can put an end to this bloodshed.”
Since the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen started, some 15,000 Yemenis have been killed and thousands more injured. Millions risk disease and starvation.
Source: Yemenwatch.net
