The Ministry of Health and Environment held a press conference on Saturday reviewing the crimes of the aggression and blockade and their impact on the health and humanitarian sectors over the past 11 years.
The ministry’s official spokesperson, Dr. Anees Al‑Asbahi, stated that 8,262 children were either killed or injured, including 3,243 children killed and 5,019 injured.
He also indicated that the number of female victims reached 6,686, including 3,250 killed and 3,436 injured.
Dr. Al-Asbahi confirmed that more than 1.4 million citizens have died as a result of the blockade, the spread of diseases, and malnutrition.
He added that 69 medical and ambulance personnel were directly targeted while performing their medical and humanitarian duties, 66 of whom were killed.
Al-Asbahi explained that the aggression used internationally prohibited weapons, munitions, and missiles, including airstrikes, artillery shelling, missile attacks, sniper fire, landmine explosions, and cluster bomb explosions.
He noted that the aggression destroyed 670 health facilities and ambulances, including 165 completely destroyed and 376 partially damaged, as well as 129 ambulances targeted by direct bombardment.
This included the complete destruction of 21 hospitals and partial destruction of 51 hospitals, in addition to the total destruction of two pharmaceutical factories and two oxygen plants.
The ministry’s spokesperson also stated that preliminary estimates place the cost of damages caused by direct attacks on health facilities at around $7 billion.
He further explained that more than 40,000 patients suffering from thalassemia and hereditary hemolytic anemia face the risk of death due to the shortage of medicines and restrictions on their entry through Sanaa International Airport.
Al-Asbahi confirmed that 684 thalassemia patients have died out of 8,430 patients who continue to receive treatment at the center run by the Yemeni Association for Thalassemia Patients.
He also pointed out that the aggression and blockade have led to the departure of more than 95% of foreign medical personnel working in Yemen.
