Displaced Yemenis struggle to survive in Houthi-held Sanaa

Thousands of Yemenis have been displaced by a Saudi-led coalition offensive launched on June 12 to take control of the Red Sea port city from the Iran-aligned Houthis. (Source: Reuters)

Many Yemenis who have fled their homes and farms in and around Hodeidah to head north to the Houthi-held capital Sanaa or to safer areas along the western coast and the southern port city of Aden said that they are struggling to survive. (Source: Reuters)

The United Nations fears the offensive on Hodeidah, whose port is a lifeline for millions of Yemenis, risks exacerbating a humanitarian crisis in which 8.4 million people are believed to be on the verge of starvation. (Source: Reuters)

In Sanaa, some families from Hodeidah have only been able to find shelter in crumbling one-room cement structures with no running water or furniture and have no source of income. (Source: Reuters)

"We are in bad shape here ... Our men have no jobs, they can't find work," said Khairiya Shou'y. (Source: Reuters)

Women squatted over a fire outside to boil milk and cook chicken skin as children played in the dirt. Inside the rooms, families sit on a sole mattress, blankets or on the floor. (Source: Reuters)

The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a Hodeidah situation report published on July 4 that more than 1,21,000 people have been displaced since June 1. (Source: Reuters)

World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a UN briefing in Geneva on July 10 that in addition to concerns about cholera and diphtheria, Hodeidah governorate has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the country. (Source: Reuters)

Boys stand outside a shelter in Sanaa. A man living in Zubaid area south of Hodeidah is waiting for the fighting to end. "We don't think we can survive this, but we have nowhere to go," he said. (Source: Reuters)

In the port of Khokha on the western coast, coalition forces have set up more than 300 tents to house the displaced. Women gather palm leaves to carve out some privacy for their families while children play outside under the scorching sun. (Source: Reuters)

People displaced from Hodeidah carry mattresses they received from the local Mona Relief charity in Sanaa. (Source: Reuters)

Boys look as a woman displaced from Hodeidah makes bread at a shelter in Sanaa. (Source: Reuters)

Children displaced from Hodeidah stand at a shelter in Sanaa. (Source: Reuters)