​The Yemeni Mine Observatory announced, today, Wednesday, the recording of 28 victims of mines and military objects in Yemen during the month of December 2024.
The Observatory said in a statement, “A field team was able, during the month of December 2024, to record and document the fall of 11 One civilian was killed, including two children, and 17 others were injured, including six children, as a result of incidents of Houthi mine explosions, explosive devices, and objects. Military".

The Observatory expressed its hope that the new year will be a year of security and peace, that the Houthis will stop planting more mines, and that an agreement will be reached to hand over mine maps, and support engineering teams working in the field of clearance and demining.

Thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded since 2015, as a result of the explosion of mines and explosive remnants of war in several governorates in Yemen.

Government and human rights reports indicate that the number of mines planted in the country has reached more than two million mines, posing a great danger to the lives of civilians.

Reports stated that the Houthis refused to hand over maps of the locations of the minefields.

On Tuesday, December 31, 2024, the Director General of the “Masam” mine clearance project in Yemen, Osama Al-Gosaibi, announced that the project’s engineering teams were able, during the year 2024, to recover 48,705 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices throughout the country.