ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of four children were injured on Tuesday when mortar shells fired by the Houthi rebels landed on displacement camps in Yemen's Red Sea coastal city of Hodeidah, a security official told Xinhua.
"A number of mortar shells fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels hit tents of internally displaced people in Khukhah district of Hodeidah," the security source said on condition of anonymity.
The shells landed randomly and burned some tents, he added.
A fragile cease-fire deal in the lifeline port city of Hodeidah was reached between the Yemeni rival parties in the UN-brokered peace negotiations in Stockholm, Sweden, last month.
The UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Security Council last week that his team will continue to cement the truce in Hodeidah and will move forward to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement.
Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab military coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 to support the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after the Houthi rebels forced him into exile and seized much of the country's north, including the capital Sanaa.
The four-year war has killed more than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, displaced 3 million others and pushed the country to the brink of famine.
