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UN condemns Yemen strike that killed as many as 9 children

Initial reports suggest Thursday's airstrike in Houthi-held northern Yemen killed up to nine children and injured seven others.
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As many as nine children were killed following airstrikes in northern Yemen’s Jawf province Thursday, the United Nations said. 

The attack occurred as the victims were traveling by road, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement. Field reports indicate the strikes, which occurred in the Houthi-held Haraad area in Jawf, killed as many as nine children and injured seven.

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