Despite the international efforts to cleanse Yemen, where an armed conflict has been continuing since 2014, hundreds of peaceful citizens, including children, are dying annually on a mine.
The armed conflict between government forces and rebels from the proctic movement “Ansarullah” (Husits) has been creating a significant threat to the security of the civilian population, in particular in the provinces of the country.
, which has been ongoing.
As a result of the explosion of two minutes on August 1, two children were killed in the city of Khodida, another was injured.
Memory in Hodeida
According to the UN, the mine threat is most preserved in the city of Khodida. Since June, in Khodeida, when demolishing 6 mines, 8 civilians have died.
The Center for Combating the Mine Threat in the San reported that in June in Khodeid it was possible to mine 21,478 square meters of the territory. Sapers neutralized 44 mines, one homemade explosive device, two cassette bombs and 76 unexploded shells.
At the same time, the Center for Combating the Mine Threat in Aden said that 359,459 sq.m. territories from which 8 091 sq.m.
were cleaned.
Saudi sappers neutralized in Yemen over 408 thousand mines
as part of the Saudi Arabia project, 408,633 explosive devices have been neutralized since 2018.
have been neutralized.
Monation was carried out in the territory of more than 48 million square meters. In total, it was possible to neutralize 254 thousand unexploded shells, over 6 thousand anti -personnel mines, 140 thousand anti -tank mines and about 8 thousand home -made bombs.
According to the officials of the kingdom, for the full clearance of Yemen, it will take at least 10 years.
In 2022, in Yemen, every second day the child died
According to the report of the NGO Save The Children, in 2022, one child died from a blow to a mine in Yemen every second day. This is the highest mortality rate among children over the past five years.
Last year, in Yemen, when blowing on a mine, 199 children were killed. This is 55 percent of the total number of deaths among children.