Save the Children: Nearly 1,200 Yemeni Children Killed or Injured Despite Ceasefire

Nearly 1,200 children have been killed or injured despite the UN-led ceasefire.

“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”

Al Jazeera

At least 339 children were killed and 843 injured since the truce was brokered.

Al Jazeera

Nearly half the casualties were due to landmines and explosive remnants of war.

Children were more than three times as likely as adults to be injured by explosive remnants.

Overall civilian casualties have decreased since the truce.

The war on children continues in their homes, schools, and where they play.

Le Quotidien.lu

Eight children are killed or injured daily despite the ceasefire.

About 85,000 Yemeni children under five could have died from famine.

Both sides continue to recruit children as fighters.

“Arabic version:فشل وقف إطلاق النار في حماية أطفال اليمن من العنف Nearly 1,200 children have been killed or injured in Yemen despite a United Nations-led ceasefire, according to a report by Save the Children”

Oz Arab Media

There are reports of recruitment of children as young as eight.

Psychological trauma is widespread.

The persistence of child casualties illustrates the deep challenges of protection.

Al Jazeera highlighted concerns about potential regional escalation.

The four-year Yemen ceasefire contrasts with emerging US-Israeli strikes in Iran.

Al Jazeera

The risk of regional escalation remains extremely high.