article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The Red Cross on Saturday called for an immediate 24-hour ceasefire in battle-torn Yemen, saying many more people recently wounded in airstrikes and ground fighting will die if not tended to soon.
article_snippet.sent: A pause was needed especially in and near the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, where intense fighting has happened in the past two weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
article_snippet.sent: Food, water, medical items and personnel need to get into especially in and near the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, where intense fighting has happened in the past two weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
article_snippet.sent: Otherwise, put starkly, many more people will die.
article_snippet.sent: For the wounded, many more people chances of survival depend on action within hours, not days," Robert Mardini, the ICRC's head of operations in the Near and Middle East, said.
article_snippet.sent: Another the Red Cross official said people are running out of food, water and fuel.
article_snippet.sent: Medical supplies need to be here yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: The situation is difficult,"said Marie-Claire Feghali, a spokeswoman for the ICRC who is in the capital, Sanaa.
article_snippet.sent: We need to save the lives that can be saved.
article_snippet.sent: Tens of thousands have fled to nearby Somalia and Djibouti.
article_snippet.sent: On Saturday, the French military evacuated 44 people, including some French nationals, from the eastern Yemeni port city of Balhaf.