Yemeni civilians across the country are facing the threat of intensive attacks with some areas claiming more than double the amount of victims compared to the pre-ceasefire average, an NGO warned on Monday. 

Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) analysis of attacks on civilians over the last three months reveals that civilian casualties in Hajjah and Taiz alone have more than doubled since the Hodeidah ceasefire and Stockholm Agreement came into effect, with 164 and 184 people killed respectively.

“The reduction in violence seen in Hodeidah through recent months, has been counteracted by escalations in other parts of the country,” said Mohamed Abdi, country director for NRC in Yemen.

“While air strikes on Hodeidah city have reduced significantly and a semblance of life has resumed, the fighting is intensifying in other parts of the country with a devastating impact on civilians.”

An estimated 788 civilian casualties were reported nationwide since December 18. The majority of them, 318 people, were killed by shelling.

Across Yemen, a total of 1,631 houses, 385 farms, 47 local businesses and 13 schools were attacked in the same period. These attacks are making an already dire humanitarian situation worse and contributing to starvation, and pushing children out of school.

Major clashes have resumed in parts of the city, threatening to reverse any fragile gains. With troop re-deployments stalled and little progress on the political front there is a real danger the city and Hodeiadah port will come under renewed attack, cutting off food, water and essential supplies to the northern parts of the country.

One of the latest deadly attacks on civilians claimed the lives of 12 children and 10 women in Kushar district earlier this month. Thirty others were injured, including 14 children. The intensified fighting is also leading to mass displacement of families, and thousands more are trapped by the fighting.