A Yemeni child was killed while four of her family members were injured in the bombing of the Saudi regime in the Hays district in Al-Hodeidah Governorate, western Yemen.
Al-Masirah.net website stated that “A Yemeni child was killed and four members of her family were wounded, as a result of artillery shelling, targeting their house by Saudi led coalition.”
Save the Children, a child rights organization working globally to protect children in its latest report said that three hundred children have been killed in the shelling this year.
Children in Yemen are demanding warring parties recommit to preventing attacks and violence against civilians this World Children’s Day, as the conflict escalates with an average of one child killed or injured every day this year, Save the Children said..
The conflict in Yemen has been characterized by the intense use of explosive weapons, including thousands of air strikes, artillery, and mortar shells, as well as landmines and other explosive ordnance. These types of tactics have caused unspeakable harm to children, resulting in deaths, injuries, lifelong disabilities, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Save the Children’s Country Director for Yemen, Rama Hansraj, said: “Our teams in Yemen regularly meet children who have been robbed of their childhood and their fundamental right to life. Children are killed, maimed, abused, and forced to worry about survival in Yemen every single day.”
The Yemen Government in a statement earlier this year said that over 6,00,000 people have been killed during the ongoing conflict.