Girl, 10, loses her eye and hand in landmine blast and begs for war to stop in Yemen

Yemen’s ongoing conflict has left the country with landmines and unexploded bombs, with children being cruelly injured by littered war paraphernalia.

A young amputee in Yemen has described the heartbreaking effects of the country’s civil war on children after falling victim to a landmine while gathering firewood with her sister. The brutal conflict in Yemen has been raging for eight years and has left the country littered with landmines and unexploded bombs. Shocking new analysis from the charity Save The Children has found a child has been killed or injured by explosive devices every two days on average in Yemen during 2022.

Source of data and images: daily-express