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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that 1,771 people have been killed and 7,959 injured in Yemen since August as military hostilities have escalated, Anadolu Agency reported.
In a report, the WHO said 94 people were killed and 564 injured between Oct. 26 and 30. The average of 132 casualties a day was up from 93 per day in the previous reporting period, indicating a faster pace of human losses, the agency said.
The WHO did not specify whether the figures included civilians, military personnel or both.
Lahj governorate accounted for the largest share of casualties over the five-day period, with 309, or 47% of the total, according to the agency’s latest situation report.
Marib recorded the highest number of deaths, with 36 among 172 casualties. On Oct. 30 alone, the governorate reported 117 casualties, including 20 deaths, in incidents in Al-Jubah, Harib and on the Al-Jawf front.
The report also highlighted displacement. More than 300,000 people had been displaced as of Nov. 1, according to the International Organization for Migration.
More than 43,000 people have fled Lahj’s Al-Madaribah wa Al-Arah district since early October, while Aden is hosting more than 56,000 displaced people.
Essential goods in Taiz city have become three to five times more expensive, the report said.
Military escalation between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels resumed in July, particularly in the southwestern provinces of Taiz and Lahj, leaving thousands dead and wounded, according to UN reports.
The renewed clashes ended the relative calm Yemen had experienced since April 2022. The humanitarian crisis and residents’ suffering have continued to worsen amid fighting and displacement.
Yemen has been at war since the Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and several provinces in September 2014. A Saudi-led Arab military coalition intervened in March 2015 in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.
