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The United Nations said Tuesday that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 have been displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late March, AFP reports.

As of May 15, 1,849 people had been killed and 7,394 had been injured, the UN humanitarian agency said citing numbers from Yemen health facilities.

Meanwhile, Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemeni rebels and their allies in Sanaa Tuesday, in the first strikes on the rebel-held capital since the end of a five-day humanitarian truce, witnesses said.

The Saudi-led coalition resumed its bombing campaign early Monday with raids on second city Aden, accusing the rebels of violating the temporary cease-fire which expired the previous night.

Tuesday's raids in the capital hit the presidential palace complex and several bases of troops loyal to ousted strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is allied with the Shiite rebels.

Witnesses said the targets included the Republican Guard missile brigade base of Fajj Attan, in south Sanaa, where previous strikes on April 20 set off a chain of explosions that killed 38 civilians.

Coalition aircraft also hit air defense and coastguard bases in Hodeida province on the Red Sea coast, witnesses said.

Residents also reported raids in the central province of Taiz, and Daleh and Aden in the south.