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More than 333,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Yemen since early August as fighting has intensified, AnewZ reported. More than 24,000 people were displaced in the past week alone, according to information released by the United Nations on Thursday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said violence was damaging health facilities, forcing families to flee their homes and disrupting humanitarian workers’ operations, with civilians bearing the severe consequences.
According to OCHA, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has confirmed 289 civilian casualties since early August: 72 people killed and 217 injured. Children account for half of those killed, while women and children make up about two-thirds of all casualties.
Health facilities damaged
The World Health Organization (WHO) said a ballistic missile destroyed the As-Saqiyah medical center in Lahj governorate on Nov. 1. Three health workers were killed and four injured in the incident. Four days later, two health facilities in Taiz city were damaged, putting essential services for about 12,000 people at risk.
WHO figures cited by OCHA show that 28 health facilities and seven ambulances have been damaged or destroyed since tensions escalated. In addition, 13 health workers have been killed or injured.
Humanitarian situation in Taiz
Taiz governorate hosts the largest number of displaced people, with more than 140,000 reported to be living there. Movement in the city remains restricted. Local authorities allowed only about 400 sacks of wheat flour to be brought into the area on Wednesday, OCHA said.
Restrictions on access roads have disrupted commercial transport, causing shortages of goods and increasing instability in markets. Local banks are also reported to have limited cash withdrawals.
Despite the difficulties, aid groups have reached more than 255,000 displaced people, most of them women and children. On Tuesday, drinking water and water-storage containers were distributed to more than 6,200 people in Taiz and Aden, while 11 truckloads of emergency medical supplies were delivered to hospitals.
Fatima Abdulla Qasim, a displaced person living in Taiz, was pictured eating in her home in a damaged building on Nov. 4, 2026.
OCHA reiterated its call to protect civilians and ensure the safe, sustained and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid throughout Yemen, including Taiz.
“Yemen’s Dawn” operation
Since early October, Yemen’s internationally recognized government has been conducting a military operation called “Yemen’s Dawn.” Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, said the operation aimed to take state institutions back from Houthi control and restore control over the capital, Sanaa.
The operation is part of a broader escalation that began in July. It is considered the largest escalation since the UN-mediated ceasefire reached in April 2022, which had brought relative calm to the region.
The war in Yemen has continued since the Houthis took control of Sanaa and several governorates in September 2014. In March 2015, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervened in support of the government.
