Statement by the Entisaf Organization for Women and Children’s Rights on the Anniversary of the Aggression Against Yemen, March 26

On Mar 26, 2026

As the eleventh year of the US-Saudi aggression against Yemen draws to a close, the Entisaf Organization has released a horrifying statistical record documenting the human cost borne by women and children. This data goes beyond mere numbers; it serves as a condemnation of the international community’s deafening silence and exposes the hypocrisy of international human rights literature, confronting the world’s conscience with an unprecedented moral and humanitarian failure that has persisted for eleven years of systematic blockade.

In our statement, issued on the eleventh anniversary, we reveal shocking statistics documenting the extent of the direct and indirect targeting by the US-Saudi aggression coalition.

We clarify that the number of victims of the US-Saudi aggression, including children and women, exceeded 15,438 killed and wounded as of March 2026.

We further clarify that the number of women killed and wounded reached 5,787, including 2,547 martyrs and 3,240 wounded, while the number of children killed and wounded reached 9,651, including 4,247 killed and 5,404 wounded.

According to reports, Yemen is considered one of the countries suffering from severe food insecurity, facing catastrophic levels of hunger, with approximately 17 million people suffering from acute food insecurity.

In detailing the silent genocide, we point out that the continued killing by remnants of war has placed Yemen third globally in terms of the number of landmine victims. Since March 2015, cities and rural areas have been transformed into death traps littered with cluster bombs and remnants of war. According to statistics issued by the Executive Mine Action Center on December 10, 2015, these prohibited weapons have claimed the lives and injured 10,689 people, including 3,952 martyrs and 6,737 wounded. Documented reports confirm that the most vulnerable groups were the primary targets of these deadly weapons, with the toll including 2,504 children and 1,102 women.

We emphasize that the war has caused a catastrophic 300% increase in physical disability rates, warning that cluster bombs and landmine remnants pose a persistent threat to the lives of civilians for generations to come. Data indicates that the number of people with disabilities has risen to nearly 5 million, representing 15% of Yemen’s total population—one of the highest rates recorded globally—while approximately one million Yemeni children suffer from various disabilities as a result of direct targeting or the remnants of war.

On the health front, we emphasize that the aggression and blockade have caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis within the country, considered the worst in the world. The death toll has reached 864,000 children under the age of five during the years of aggression, with 80 newborns under 28 days old dying daily. In addition, 46,000 women have died due to complications resulting from the blockade and aggression.

There were also 350,000 recorded miscarriages and a significant increase in fetal malformations, reaching 22,000 cases in areas heavily targeted by the aggression with internationally prohibited weapons. The percentage of premature and low-birth-weight babies has risen by more than 9% annually, with 50% of these deaths resulting from the effects of the siege, the aggression, malnutrition, and weakened immune systems. The number of children with congenital heart defects has also increased to more than 3,000.

Furthermore, there are more than 102,000 registered cases at the National Cancer Center, a 50% increase, and more than 3,000 children with leukemia are facing death, amidst the shameful stance of the United Nations due to the ongoing siege. It was noted that 7,000 new cancer cases are added annually, 7% of whom are children.