The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said that the recent escalation in armed clashes in Hodeidah could result in up to 1.1 million people requiring emergency food assistance.
WFP teams have been working around the clock since the announcement of the offensive to procure and preposition food stocks and ready-to-eat food packages in the besieged area.
Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV network on Wednesday morning announced the beginning of the Hudaydah operation, which the UN has warned could cause up to 250,000 deaths.
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out deadly, indiscriminate airstrikes on civilians in an attempt to restore power to fugitive president, Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
Over 14,000 Yemenis, including thousands of women and children, have lost their lives in the deadly Saudi aggression.
