Sana-Sana
Yemeni Minister of Public Health and Population Taha Al-Mutawakel affirmed that the Saudi aggression against Yemen and the continuous siege imposed on the Yemeni people and targeting the infrastructure cause annually the death of 100,000 children.
Al-Mutawakel said in an interview with the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that the first victims of Saudi crimes of aggression were children and women and killed a missile of aggression in the area of Bani Hawat in the capital of the capital, where 14 children and six women were martyred. In Hajjah, 14 women and six children were killed in addition to 12 girls at a school in Sa'wan.
Al-Mutawakel also pointed to the repercussions of the aggression on the Yemeni health sector, which was not limited to direct targeting of health facilities, including those for children, and was not spared even preterm infants. It killed children, including malnutrition, dengue fever and others.
The Minister of Public Health confirmed the death of 100,000 children a year due to aggression, diseases and epidemics, including malnutrition and the lack of medicines to save the siege.
Yemeni children are subjected to the fifth consecutive year of systematic killing by the US-backed Saudi barbaric aggression as the world celebrates the International Children's Day and boasts of its victory for humanity with the final vote on the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
