Shelling, gunfire, landmines, and other explosive remnants of war have killed or injured nearly 1,200 children in Yemen, Save the Children has found, despite a United Nations-led ceasefire four years ago largely reducing hostilities.
Since the truce brokered on April 2, 2022, at least 339 children have been killed and 843 injured, some in life-altering ways, the United Kingdom-based humanitarian organization said in an analysis of data from the Civilian Impact Monitoring Project released on Thursday.
While civilian casualties have decreased overall since the truce largely halted fighting between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and Iran-aligned Houthis, the percentage of children killed or injured due to landmines or unexploded ordnance has been much higher than in the four years prior.
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