Saudi war martyrs, maims 6 Yemeni kids a day: UNICEF
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In this March 26, 2015 photo, people carry the body of a child they uncovered from under the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes near Sana’a Airport, Yemen. ©AP
UNICEF says an average of six Yemeni children have been martyred or wounded every day since the start of the Saudi military campaign against its impoverished neighbor a year ago.
In a report on Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund said a year of Saudi war on Yemen had left 934 Yemeni kids martyred and 1,356 more injured, with an average of six children suffering casualties every day.
UINCEF described the figure as “only a tip of the iceberg” and said the Yemeni children are grappling with severe malnutrition, while millions of them do not have access to health care and clean water.
“Children are not safe anywhere in Yemen. Even playing or sleeping has become dangerous,” said UNICEF Representative in Yemen Julien Harneis.
Some 320,000 children, the UNICEF said, face acute malnutrition, a serious case which can leave a child vulnerable to deadly respiratory infections, pneumonia and water-borne diseases.
“UNICEF estimates that nearly 10,000 children under 5 years may have died in the past year from preventable diseases,” the organization added.
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