Over 300 civilians were killed by mines in Yemen, according to the UN, during the time of the previous international cease-fire, which ran from early April through the end of this year (2022).
In a tweet posted on Twitter on Thursday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen stated that between April and September 2022, landmines and unexploded ammunition resulted in the deaths and injuries of 343 civilians—95 dead and 248 injured.
He continued by saying that these explosives continue to pose the biggest threat to people in Yemen and have caused numerous fatalities, particularly among children and women, who are the most vulnerable demographics.
Al-Hodeidah is the most heavily contaminated governorate in terms of mines and explosives left over from the war, and in the last week of September of last year, 20 civilian victims—half of them children—were killed as a result of explosives swept away by the province’s recent floods and heavy rains.
The Houthi militia, the arm of Iran in Yemen, is the only party in all parts of the war that sows mines and explosive devices of all kinds and sizes to “internationally” internationally prohibited, as Yemen has witnessed the largest mine transplant on earth since the end of World War II, according to human rights reports.
Additionally, according to human rights reports, the Houthi militia laid over two million mines, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of over 20,000 civilians.
In a recent report to the UN Security Council, a well-known international expert panel stated that “the Houthis employ arbitrarily and systematically, notably along the western shore, poses a continual threat to the civilian population.”
UN: In Yemen, mines have killed 343 civilians in the past five months.
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