Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war

STORY: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war DATELINE: Aug. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:23 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Yemeni child, who is named Hasan al-Jaeyedi and was paralyzed by shrapnels during Yemen's civil war, sitting on a bed inside his family's hut in Midi District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen 2. various of Hasan al-Jaeyedi 3. various of a hospital 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED AL-JAEYEDI, Hasan's brother STORYLINE: Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him. The tragedy happened in January 2016, just a little more than a year since a civil war broke out in Yemen, when fierce battles between the Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels spread to the Midi District in the northwestern province of Hajjah. "I was playing alone when that projectile fell and exploded near my ho

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(220815) -- HAJJAH, Aug. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A paralyzed boy named Hasan al-Jaeyedi, who was hurt and paralysed by shrapnel from a projectile, lies on a bed with his brother in his family's hut in Midi District, Hajjah Province, Yemen, on Aug. 13, 2022. Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him. TO GO WITH "Feature: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war " (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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(220815) -- HAJJAH, Aug. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hasan al-Jaeyedi (L), who was hurt and paralysed by shrapnel from a projectile, sits on a bench with his brother in front of his family's hut in Midi District, Hajjah Province, Yemen, on Aug. 13, 2022. Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him. TO GO WITH "Feature: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war " (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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(220815) -- HAJJAH, Aug. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hasan al-Jaeyedi (R), who was hurt and paralysed by shrapnel from a projectile, sits on the ground in front of his family's hut in Midi District, Hajjah Province, Yemen, on Aug. 13, 2022. Hasan al-Jaeyedi, a Yemeni boy, has been largely confined to bed since shrapnel from a projectile during a military attack more than six years ago hurt his head and spine and paralysed him. TO GO WITH "Feature: Maimed or killed, Yemeni children suffer most from tragic civil war " (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)