A citizen was injured on Friday as a result of an explosion of a landmine left behind by the US-Saudi-Emirati coalition forces in Al-Hali district of Hodeidah province, western Yemen.
According to the Executive Mine Action Center, a civilian was injured as a result of a landmine explosion, which took place on 50th Street in Al-Hali directorate.
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The center pointed out that the number of casualties of mines and cluster bombs in Hodeidah has increased significantly since the beginning of this year, due to the fact that the coalition of has not allowed the entry of necessary devices to clear the infested areas.
It called on humanitarian partners to play their role and pressure the United Nations Development Program to provide detectors to cleanse the province from war remnants.
