Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates, which also led the coalition operations, declared a pause in the military operations inside the intensely populated Hodeidah city to support the UN envoy's peace efforts, which is aimed at convincing the rebels to withdraw from the city to avoid military confrontations.
The UN office said Hodeidah seaport is operational, but roads leading to Hodeidah airport, seaport and the Houthi-controlled main road linking Hodeidah with the capital Sanaa remain blocked by sand and concrete barriers.
It said that most of the displaced families were heading to Sanaa and Ibb province.
On July 10, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, met the internationally recognized President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in his office in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden to push for resuming stalled peace efforts with his government's foe Houthi rebels.
Griffiths' visit came a week after he met Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi in Sanaa. Griffiths said the discussion was "fruitful."
Humanitarian agencies have warned that any military attack on the port could lead to the world's biggest humanitarian catastrophe in modern history.
Hodeidah is the single most important point of entry for food and basic supplies to Yemen's northern provinces controlled by Houthis, including the capital Sanaa.
The rebels stormed Sanaa, Hodeidah and other northern populated cities in late 2017 and forced President Hadi and his government into exile in Riyadh. They said their move was a revolution against alleged government corruption.
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