UN says Yemen violence struck camps and health centres

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UN agencies reported that displacement camps and health centers in Yemen have been attacked amid escalating violence between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and Iran-supported Houthis. The conflict has intensified after a 2022 truce, resulting in increasing civilian casualties including children.

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Displacement camps and health centres have been attacked during surging violencein Yemen between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Iran-backedHouthis, UN agencies said on Thursday, deploring a growing civilian death toll which includes children. The latest fighting marks a sharp escalation in Yemen's civil war, which had largely been frozen since a 2022 truce, as well as a widening of the conflict that has grown out of the US-Israeli war on Iran.