5 women, elderly man died due to coalition-imposed siege on Durayhimi: Hodeidah local authority

HODEIDAH, May 8 (YPA) – Five women and an elderly man had died as a result of the siege imposed by Saudi-led aggression coalition on Durayhimi district of Hodeidah province, Hodeidah local authority said on Wednesday.

Hodeidah local authority condemned, in a statement, the continued siege of Durayhimi by the aggression coalition forces and preventing the arrival of food and relief aid to the residents besieged for more than six months.

The statement held the United Nations responsible for the suffering of citizens in the district of Durayhimi in particular and the province of Hodeidah in general, reiterating the demand for the speedy implementation of Stockholm Agreement on Hodeidah and the announcement of the obstructing party.

The statement called on the United Nations to do everything possible to deliver food aid to the people trapped in the city, in order to avoid a humanitarian disaster.

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