United Nations, April 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations says at least 519 people, including women and children, have so far lost their lives in two weeks of violence in Yemen, as Saudi Arabia continues to target the country with military strikes.

In a statement on Thursday, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos said that 1,700 people have also been wounded during clashes between rival groups in Yemen and in the Saudi strikes against the country. Noting that 90 children were among the victims of the violence, she expressed concern “for the safety of civilians caught in the middle.”

Valerie Amos said that tens of thousands of people have fled their homes due to the clashes in the country, with some of them crossing the sea to Djibouti and Somalia. She did not specify how many people were killed as a result of the Saudi aggression against Yemen.