YEMEN Press Agency

Over 7,250 children killed in coalition airstrikes on Yemen

SANAA, Sep. 7 (YPA) – Over 7,250 children have been killed and wounded, as a result of the Saudi-led aggression coalition air attacks on Yemen since March 2015.

The Yemeni Center for Human Rights in its first report confirmed, which have monitored the crimes of the coalition against the children of Yemen, that the air attacks by the coalition killed 3,468 children and injured 3804 others from 2015 to 2020.

The report indicated that 91% of the total child casualties resulted from air strikes by the countries of the coalition of aggression.

It also pointed out that more than 5.5 million children are at risk of childhood diseases, with the lack of health care and nutrition services due to the sea, land and air blockade imposed by the aggression countries.

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