The suffering of children caught up in the Yemen conflict has become simply appalling, according to a UN report.
The report says thousands of children have been killed, recruited as soldiers and subjected to devastating violence in Yemen's war.
The report said the worst statistic in the list of violations was the 7,508 children who were killed or maimed by airstrikes, shelling, ground fighting, mines or suicide attacks.
The second largest violation was recruiting children as soldiers, with 3,034 children verified as recruited. 1,940 of them by the Houthis and 274 by Hadi government forces, UN says.
Attacks on schools and hospitals remained alarmingly high, the report said, with buildings severely damaged or destroyed in 345 out of the 381 cases.
It also documented 11 incidents of rape and sexual violence but stressed that cases were under-reported mainly for fear of stigmatization and lack of appropriate response services.
The UN warned that millions of Yemenis are on the brink of famine; more than 8 million children do not have sufficient access to water, while 2 million are severely malnourished.
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