About 1,000 persons were killed and 9,000 others injured in the war waged by the Houthis' militias and the supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh on Aden for the past four months, said the Head of the Health Office in the governorate al Khader Lasor.

In press statements on Thursday, Lasor said that the cases of the wounded vary, adding that the hospitals in the governorate need to be developed.

Aden is in need of mobile hospitals provided with medical staff.