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Yemeni Govt Condemns Houthi Bombing of School in Hajjah

Houthi drone downed by the Yemeni army in Marib (Military media)
Houthi drone downed by the Yemeni army in Marib (Military media)
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Yemeni Govt Condemns Houthi Bombing of School in Hajjah

Houthi drone downed by the Yemeni army in Marib (Military media)
Houthi drone downed by the Yemeni army in Marib (Military media)

The Houthi militia in Yemen continued its violations by bombing a school in Hajjah governorate, left a child dead and two others injured, according to official sources.

Yousef Abdoh Bishi, 11, was killed in the Houthi drone attack on the school in the al-Deir village.

The Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Moammar al-Eryani, condemned the attack in the strongest terms, warning that the terrorist Houthi militia's targeting of the school reaffirmed its disregard for calls and efforts for peace.

The Yemeni minister urged the international community, including the UN and US envoys and human rights organizations to condemn this heinous crime and classify it as a war crime and crime against humanity.

He called for the prosecution and accountability of Houthis leaders and elements behind the attack, including those on international terrorist lists.

UNICEF reported that more than 11,000 children have now been killed or maimed due to the conflict in Yemen, an average of four a day since the escalation of the conflict in 2015.

According to a report, the United Nations confirmed that 3,774 children were killed, and 3,995 children, including 91 girls, were recruited into fighting.

Meanwhile, the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms documented more than 127,000 Houthi violations, which caused the death and injury of about 48,000 civilians over eight years.

In a report issued on Human Rights Day, the Network reported the death and injury of 9,808 civilians, including 1,388 children, by Houthi mines since their coup against legitimacy.

It accused the militias of arresting and kidnapping 16,804 civilians, including 4,201, who are still in detention.

The report stated that 1,317 citizens were still forcibly disappeared, including 84 women and 76 children, in Houthi prisons, and revealed that 671 abductees were killed inside prisons.

The Network for Rights and Freedoms held the international community and the Security Council responsible for protecting Yemenis from Houthi terrorism and demanded that the group be quickly classified on the terrorist list.

It also called on the international community and the Security Council to subject the group to United Nations and Security Council resolutions, human rights treaties and charters, and international humanitarian law.

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UN Says It's Ready to Ramp Up Delivery of Desperately Needed Aid to Gaza

A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
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UN Says It's Ready to Ramp Up Delivery of Desperately Needed Aid to Gaza

A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
A Palestinian man rides a donkey-pulled cart along a street on a misty morning in Khan Yunis in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025, as Israel's security cabinet is expected to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so supplies can reach all Palestinians in need.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the announcement of a deal to pause the fighting “a critical first step” and told reporters that the UN’s top priority must be to ease the tremendous suffering caused by the conflict triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, The Associated Press said.
“The humanitarian situation is at catastrophic levels,” he said. “From our side, we will do whatever is humanly possible, aware of the serious challenges and serious constraints that we will be facing.”
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said aid agencies have been mobilizing supplies in preparation for a ceasefire to scale up deliveries of food, medical supplies and other key items.
Less than half of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are functional, water production is at a quarter of capacity, 95% of school buildings have been damaged or destroyed and nearly all of Gaza’s 2.1 million people are facing high levels of food insecurity, said Catherine Russell, executive director of the UN children’s agency UNICEF.
The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, met with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials in recent days to discuss how to increase aid after a ceasefire agreement, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.
Kaag’s meetings focused on trying to overcome challenges to deliveries that could remain even after the deal, including gunmen stripping convoys of aid, Israeli restrictions on access to Gaza, road damage, unexplored ordnance, fuel shortages and a lack of telecommunications equipment, he said.
The UN humanitarian office reported Tuesday that “Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach people with vital assistance,” Dujarric said. In northern Gaza, where Israel launched its latest offensive, the UN has been denied access to deliver food supplies since Dec. 20, he said.
In addition to the lawlessness, the United Nations faces a major political obstacle. Its humanitarian operation in Gaza depends on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, which Israel’s parliament voted to ban from operating in the Palestinian territories. That legislation takes effect on Jan. 28.
Guterres has said there is no UN agency that can replace UNRWA, and if it is banned from operating, Israel as the occupying power in the Palestinian territories must take responsibility for providing aid.
UN officials said it’s imperative that the ceasefire deal is fully implemented and aid is allowed to flow freely.
“With the collapse of essential services across Gaza, we must act urgently to save lives and help children recover,” Russell of UNICEF said in a statement.
Guterres said the United Nations expects its efforts to be matched by other humanitarian organizations, the private sector and government initiatives.
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said aid groups must be given full access and adequate funding to rush aid to Gaza’s people after 15 months with limited food, clean water and medical care. He said his organization would quickly ramp up efforts: “The needs are immense and need urgent attention.”
Jan Egeland, a former UN humanitarian chief who heads the Norwegian Refugee Council, said, “Israel must immediately lift all restrictions on aid and humanitarian agencies to avert famine-like conditions and ensure access to shelter, food, and medical care for all in need.”
He called on the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations “to make sure Israel does keep all crossings open, enabling a sustained flow of aid that can alleviate further suffering.”
US President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, said, “The surge of humanitarian assistance into Gaza will begin. And the innocent people can have a greater access to these vital supplies.