Amid Saudi siege, Yemenis search for food in rubbish dump

Severe food shortages caused by a devastating Saudi war have forced Yemenis to search for food in rubbish dumps, as footage filmed on Tuesday from the port city of al-Hudaydah shows.

The ongoing Saudi military campaign, which is accompanied by a crippling blockade, has left many people unable to receive aid, with the UN saying more than eight people in Yemen are on the brink of famine.

At least 13,600 people have been killed since the onset of Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Yemen in 2015. Much of the Arabian Peninsula country's infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war.

The Saudi-led war has also triggered a deadly cholera epidemic across Yemen.

According to the World Health Organization’s latest count, the cholera outbreak has killed 2,167 people since the end of April and is suspected to have infected 841,906.

On November 26, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said that more than 11 million children in Yemen were in acute need of aid, stressing that it was estimated that every 10 minutes a child died of a preventable disease there.

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