Shocking images have emerged of a malnourished child reduced to little more than skin and bone at a hospital in war-torn Yemen.

The helpless boy is pictured lying on a hospital bed in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda.

The weakened toddler is seen chewing on his spindly forearm, his rib bones protruding from his chest.

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Shocking images have emerged of a helpless child reduced to little more than skin and bone at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda in Yemen

In one image the child is shown sitting next to his mother wearing nothing but a nappy and a bandage on his elbow, as a syringe lies in front of them

In another image the child is shown sitting next to his mother wearing nothing but a nappy and a bandage on his elbow, as a syringe lies in front of them.

The disturbing pictures come as the United Nations renewed pleas for an end to the conflict.

The UN Security Council called on all parties in the Yemen civil war to halt all military activity and abide by the terms of a Cessation of Hostilities agreed upon in April.

The council said in a statement issued on Thursday that the humanitarian situation will continue to deteriorate in the absence of a durable peace agreement and urged all parties to resume talks with Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

The disturbing pictures come as the United Nations renewed pleas for an end to the conflict. Pictured,Yemeni onlookers inspect a car after two bombs went off inside a car in Sanaa

The UN Security Council called on all parties in the Yemen civil war to halt all military activity and abide by the terms of a Cessation of Hostilities agreed upon in April. Pictured, further destruction in beleaguered Amran

Houthi rebels and forces allied with ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized the capital Sanaa in September 2014, forcing the internationally recognized government to flee the country.

A Saudi-led coalition has conducted an extensive air campaign against the Houthis since March 2015, pushing them out of southern Yemen, but failing to dislodge them from Sanaa.

Another tragedy struck the country on Thursday when at least eight civilians were killed after a house north of Yemen's capital was hit in a Saudi-led coalition air strike.

Al-Massirah television said five others were wounded in the strike on Amran, a city around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Sanaa.

A Saudi-led coalition has conducted an extensive air campaign against the Houthis since March 2015, pushing them out of southern Yemen. Above, civilians assess the damage in Amran

Pictured, a man walks amidst the rubble of a school hit by strikes in Amran

According to tribal sources, coalition warplanes carried out 12 air strikes targeting an army base controlled by rebel forces during which the house was also hit.

In the capital itself on Thursday, a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint controlled by Huthi militants, killing at least one person.

Saudi Arabia has faced repeated criticism from rights groups over civilian casualties in the coalition's military campaign against rebels in Yemen.

It insists the raids do not target civilians.

The coalition intervened after rebels closed in on President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi in his southern refuge in the port city of Aden, forcing him into exile.

More than 6,600 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the intervention of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, according to UN figures.

More than 6,600 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the intervention of the Saudi-led Arab coalition. Pictured, the devastation in Amran