geneva saudi-led coalition blockade yemen cut food import population million people brink famine illegal collective punishment civilians prominent aid official say thursday major agencies say aid still block day saudi-led military coalition say would let humanitarian supply u.s.-backed coalition fight houthi rebel yemen say wednesday would allow aid port hodeidah well u.n. flight capital sanaa two weeks blockade country yet movement say jens laerke spokesman u.n. office coordination humanitarian assistance jan egeland former u.n. aid chief head norwegian refugee council say blockade view illegal collective punishment egeland whose group help million yemenis welcome coalition announcement step right direction add write see happen coalition close air land sea access nov. stop flow arm houthis iran action come saudi arabia intercept missile fire toward riyadh iran deny supply weapons send missile direction riyadh really bad suffer blockade nothing missile egeland tell reuters geneva even flight humanitarian shipments go solve underlie crisis country need 90 percent goods import get commercial food fuel houthi authorities control capital sanaa also impose restrictions access aid workers say unite nations say million yemenis brink famine 945,000 infect since april cholera 2,200 people die u.n. officials submit request coalition deliveries via hodeidah sanaa hope expectation vital aid pipelines would re-open friday u.n. laerke say international committee red cross say vital get commercial traffic resume yemenis need aid order survive crisis ward famine spokeswoman iolanda jaquemet say aid agencies say yemen blockade remain egeland call 'collective punishment