The United Nations children’s agency warned that almost 100,000 children are starving in Yemen and face death, as fighting in the country continued.
Al Jazeera reported the agency as saying 96,000 children were starving in the city of al-Hodeidah and nearly 8,000 children will face malnutrition in Aden in the coming year.
Speaking to Voice of America about the Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sana, Save The Children spokesperson Mark Kaye said:
“Before the crisis it had a catchment population of about 300,000; but since the crisis that number has risen to almost three million, with the entire (population) reliant on it for specialist care.”
“So what we really need to see is an unhindered access for these absolutely critical goods. Otherwise, more children and pregnant women will pay the price,” he added.
The latest reports come after a UN official said last month that of the 402 children killed in Yemen since March 2015, 73 percent were victims of Saudi coalition-led airstrikes.