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May 7th, 2015 
Awake Goy World Bulletin / News Desk
Over 120 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in heavy fighting acrossYemen, rescue workers and Houthi sources said on Wednesday, as aid agencies warned fuel shortages could halt their urgent work.
The heaviest clashes were concentrated in the southern port city of Aden, where at least 40 civilians trying to flee the city by boat died when shells fired by Houthi fighters struck their vessel, rescue workers and witnesses said.
Earlier in the day, Houthi sources said 40 civilians were killed when warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck Yemeni provinces near the Saudi border overnight, following the death of three Saudis in the first deadly cross border attack since the Arab alliance began operations in March.
The conflict has disrupted imports to Yemen, where about 20 million people or 80 percent of the population are estimated to be going hungry, a statement by the United Nations and the Yemen International NGO Forum said.
A shortage of fuel has crippled hospitals and food supplies in recent weeks, and the U.N.’s World Food Programme has said its monthly fuel needs have leapt from 40,000 litres a month to 1 million litres.
“Millions of lives are at risk, in particular children, and soon we will not be able to respond,” Edward Santiago, country director for Save the Children, said in the statement.
The statement also dismissed an announcement by the Saudi-led Arab alliance about a possible truce in some areas to allow for humanitarian supplies, saying a permanent end to hostilities was needed.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday Washington was concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen and pledged $68 million for relief work in the country.
He told journalists in Djibouti that he would discuss a possible pause in fighting with Saudi officials later on Wednesday to try to get food, fuel and medicine to civilians
“We have urged all sides to comply with humanitarian law to take every precaution to keep civilians out of the line of fire,” he added. In the city of Aden, rescue workers and witnesses said about 40 civilians were killed when a shell fired by the Houthis struck a boat they were on trying to flee the al-Tawahi neighbourhood to safer grounds.
Residents and local fighters said Tawahi had witnessed intense clashes with Houthi fighters based nearby, which had drawn Saudi-led airstrikes.
They said at least 30 Houthi gunmen and 10 local fighters died in overnight fighting, including a local commander, Brigadier General Ali Nasser Hadi, who was reportedly killed by a Houthi sniper.
Earlier on Wednesday, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television said two people were killed and a child severely wounded in the Saudi city of Jizan overnight when Houthis fired shells on a house.
In Yemen, another nine people were killed and 18 were injured in air strikes on a police academy in Dhamarprovince, south of the capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said on Wednesday.
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