Months after heavy clashes between Houthi rebels and pro-government fighters forced them to flee their coastal village in Yemen’s western province of Taiz, the Ghaleb family had finally returned home. But their relief was cut short just days later when a land mine left in their home exploded, wounding their 7-year-old son.
The blast ripped off one of Abdullah’s thumbs and left him with a compound fracture to one of his legs.
In their humble home in the village of Al-Hameli, between the towns of Mokha and Hays, relatives help the boy into a wheelchair, covering him with a bright pink blanket.
“We took refuge east of the town of Bayt al-Faqih and returned home after the fighters left,” said Abdel Fattah Ghaleb, Abdallah’s father, motioning towards their hut made of dry branches.
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Source: The Daily Star