Unicef says nearly 2,400 children have died in Yemen in the past three years

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The UN section has said it is "very concerned" about the situation in the Saada province, where more than 50 people were killed by a Saudi bombing yesterday.

 

Almost 2,400 children have died in Yemen in the last three years as reported by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) that has asked the parties in conflict to respect the civilian po[CENSORED]tion, after the death yesterday in a bombing of more of fifty people, 29 of them children.

"Almost 2,400 children have lost their lives as of March 2015 and some 3,600 have been seriously injured or maimed in this war," Meritxell Relano, representative of Unicef in Yemen, said in a social media message.

The UN official has expressed concern about the situation in the province of Saada (north), where yesterday a Saudi bombing caused 50 deaths and 77 injured, according to the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the International Red Cross ( ICRC) in Yemen, Johannes Bruwer.

"We are very concerned about the situation in Saada, where a still unknown number of children have died and at least 35 others have been seriously injured," Relano said.

The armed conflict in Yemen began in 2014, when the Houthi rebels occupied Sana'a and other provinces, and it intensified in 2015 with the intervention of the military coalition composed of Sunni countries and led by Saudi Arabia in favor of the forces loyal to the Yemeni president. , Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi.