Among piles of rubble and strewn personal belongings in a residential area outside of Sanaa's international airport, two young children lay injured and unconscious.
Mariam and Zain al-Jumozee, eight and five years old, suffered cuts from glass windows that shattered during Saudi-led air strikes against the Houthi Shiite fighters last week. When they finally woke at the Saudi German Hospital in Hadda, the siblings instantly knew their parents had died. Unable to communicate, covered in plaster and stitches, they remained silent as gunfire continued to pummel the Yemeni capital.
The Saudi-led offensive has resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties, with more than 60 children among the dead, according to aid agency UNICEF. Scores of others have been injured.
"Children are in desperate need of protection, and all parties to the conflict should do all in their power to keep children safe," UNICEF's representative for Yemen, Julien Harneis said.
Abdul Hafid Thwaba, the doctor who treated the Jumozee siblings, said their mental scars were far more significant than their physical injuries. "Seven people were injured [in the strike], of which two were children. Three others were unable to survive and died instantly."
With missiles raining down every day, meanwhile, children who have escaped injury said they have been dealing with a new reality.
Five-year-old Suha Salem, dressed in a pink dress with short black hair and curious eyes, played a game of hopscotch inside her house. She would usually play outside with friends in the afternoon, but for the past week, she has not gone to school or met her friends.
Suha's mother tried to comfort her by explaining that the loud sounds were "Revolution Day" celebrations, as they watched the gunfire together from their terrace. But Suha - who has little understanding of the conflict - was still able to pick up on the tension in the air.
"Children in particular are unable to process what they have seen," Fred Abrahams, a special adviser with the children's rights division of Human Rights Watch said. "In many conflicts we see the impact of this on kids: sleeplessness, separation anxiety, bed-wetting. Later this can develop into anxiety disorders, depression, and of course the use of violence."
Al-Zumoriya street in Old Sanaa - once filled with the sounds of children running around after school, playing football, eating falafel and singing in the streets - is now a deserted, empty space.
According to Abrahams the situation not only impacts on children's right to an education, but it also "deprives them of the stability and social interaction of the classroom. Clearly this will harm them in the future if they are not properly educated and unable to find jobs."
