The eight years of war in Yemen were long decades for childhood, as an entire generation faced various types of violations, which claimed the lives of 3,182 children, a report of the Yemeni Coalition to Monitor Human Rights Violations in Yemen, Rasd Coalition, confirmed.
Rasd Coalition said on its Twitter account that it had documented the killing of 3,182 children, including 2,795 males and 387 females, distributed over 20 Yemeni governorates.
وثق #تحالف_رصد مقتل 3182 طفلاً/ منهم 2795 ذكور و 387 اناث،موزعين على 20 محافظة يمنية.
973 طفلاً قتلوا بالقصف المدفعي والجوي/ و 1584 طفلاً قتلوا في جبهات القتال.
وقتل 250 طفلاً بالرصاص الحي و 152 قتلوا بانفجار الألغام الأرضية. وقتل 9 أطفال اخرين تحت التعذيب.#الأطفال_ليسوا_هدفاً pic.twitter.com/Wu4KBNnVby— تحالف رصد Rasd Coalition (@ycmhrv) June 4, 2022
The report stated that 973 children were killed by artillery and air strikes, and 1584 minors were killed on the battlefronts.
According to the report, 250 children were killed by live bullets and 152 by landmine explosions, while nine other children were killed under torture.
