UN says Yemen war killed or injured 47 children in 2022

At least 47 children were killed or injured in war-torn Yemen in the first two months of 2022 , U.N. official said on Saturday.

“Violence has continued to escalate this year and as always children are the first and most to suffer, said Philippe Duamelle, UNICEF representative to Yemen. “Just over the first two months of this year, 47 children were reportedly killed or maimed in several locations across Yemen.”

Duamelle said the war killed or injured 10,200 children over the past seven years, adding that the actual tally is likely much higher.

The conflict has in recent years become a regional proxy war that has killed more than 150,000 people, including over 14.500 civilians, according to 2022 data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Project.