After the ‘martyr’s’ funeral: The families left behind by Yemen’s war
Summary
Families of fighters killed in Yemen’s renewed fighting face lasting grief and greater financial strain after public funeral tributes end. One Sanaa family said it lost a key source of income, while food and financial aid from Houthi authorities was irregular; rising fuel prices have also added pressure on households.Key Facts
- Akram, a 23-year-old Sanaa resident, said his 21-year-old brother Abdulaziz was killed in Dhubab on October 10, two months after joining the Houthi group.
- Before Abdulaziz went to the front, the brothers pooled their daily-wage earnings to support their six-member family.
- Akram said his brother’s death made it harder to pay for food, water and electricity.
- The article reported that petrol and diesel prices in Houthi-controlled northwestern Yemen rose by 10 percent over the preceding few days.
- The World Food Programme’s Matthew Hollingworth warned that the escalation threatened food security and could deepen hunger.
- Yemen’s government said its forces killed or wounded 1,540 Houthis in 24 hours earlier in the month, and said 16,100 Houthi operatives and commanders had been killed or wounded since October 5.
- An October 19 Houthi missile attack on a security camp in Shabwa killed more than 70 government soldiers, according to the article.
- A father of a deceased fighter told Al Jazeera that Houthi authorities’ food and financial assistance to families was irregular.
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