Nearly four years of devastating civil war have killed more than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, displaced 3 million others and the all-out blockade and cut of salaries pushed the whole country to the brink of famine, according to the UN aid agencies.
An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from extreme hunger between April 2017 and October 2018, according to the latest data released by Save the Children, an international organization for children's rights.
"For every child killed by bombs and bullets, dozens are starving to death and it's entirely preventable," Save the Children's country director in Yemen, Tamer Kirolos, said here in a press conference last month.
"In the past few weeks, there have been hundreds of airstrikes in and around Hodeidah, endangering the lives of an estimated 150,000 children still trapped in the city," Kirolos said.
Save the Children is calling for an immediate end to the fighting, Kirolos added.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock told the UN Security Council last month that "about 14 million Yemeni people, half of the country's population, are facing pre-famine conditions, meaning they are entirely reliant on external aid for survival."
On Dec. 6, the Yemeni parties started peace talks sponsored by the United Nations in Sweden to end the war. Two previous peace efforts failed to result in any political compromise.
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