United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund released a report showing that more than 11,000 young people have been killed or injured in the conflict, where a Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out attacks since 2015. The known number of maimed children in Yemen is equivalent to about four young people being hurt per day, according to UNICEF.
The true death toll of children is likely far higher, said UNICEF, as millions face hunger and disease.
“Thousands of children have lost their lives, hundreds of thousands more remain at risk of death from preventable disease or starvation,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said.
Roughly 2.2 million Yemeni young people face acute malnourishment, said UNICEF, and one-quarter of those children are under age five. With 10 million children lacking access to healthcare as health clinics have been forced to close, a majority of the country’s children are now at extreme risk for measles and other vaccine-preventable illnesses, as well as cholera.
UN Report: 11,000 Children Killed in Yemen (consortiumnews.com)
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