Months into a ceasef­ire agreed by the govern­ment and rebels­DUBAI: Five Yemeni children were killed in an attack on their home in flashpoint Hodeida province, the UN and medics said, months into a ceasefire agreed by the government and rebels. The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) said that the five children were “playing at home” when they were killed on Thursday. “Each day, eight children are killed or injured across 31 active conflict zones in the country,” UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore said in a statement on Saturday. Yemen’s abandoned churches, remnants of a fading pastMedics in the Tuhayta district, in southern Hodeida, on Sunday confirmed to AFP that they had transferred dead and wounded children to a hospital in the government-held Khokha district nearby. Hodeida, held by the rebels since 2014, has witnessed intermittent clashes between the Huthis and pro-government forces since the ceasefire went into effect on December 18.

Source: The Express Tribune March 03, 2019 10:07 UTC