276 thousand displaced in Yemen since June, and Taiz hosts 126 thousand
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The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has recorded the internal displacement of 276,301 people in Yemen since last June up to October 24, while Taiz Governorate hosts the largest number of displaced persons, with 126,156 people, amid human rights warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions, the continuation of the siege, and the deterioration of health services.
The matrix reported that 275,245 people, comprising 45,868 families, were displaced during the period from August 1 to October 24, distributed across 10 Yemeni governorates.
Taiz topped the list of governorates hosting displaced persons, followed by Lahj with 68,832 people, then Aden with 47,400, Abyan with 14,598, and Al-Hudaydah with 7,782 displaced persons.
The organization also recorded 3,018 displaced persons in Shabwah, 2,754 in Hadhramaut, 2,022 in Marib, 1,350 in Al-Mahrah, and 1,333 in Al-Dhale'e.
369 projectiles on Taiz within 48 hours
The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms stated that it documented 42 crimes and violations committed by the Houthi militia during the past 48 hours in Taiz Governorate, including the firing of 369 projectiles at residential areas, which resulted in the death of 4 civilians and the injury of 7 others, including two 14-year-old girls.
The network added that the violations were accompanied by the continuation of the siege and the obstruction of the arrival of medicines, fuel, and basic supplies, noting the kidnapping of 8 citizens from their homes and shops in the Al-Kala'ibah area in Al-Ma'afir district, and taking them to Al-Saleh city, including a citizen who was lured under the pretext of a general amnesty.
According to the network, the violations included raiding and looting 8 homes, assaulting homes in the Al-Aqroud area, in addition to damage to 6 homes due to shelling, including two that were completely destroyed, and damage to 9 civilian vehicles.
The network warned of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the governorate, which is home to about 4 million people, in light of the overlap of shelling, kidnapping, and home looting with the deterioration of health services, water scarcity, and poor environmental conditions.
Warnings of health sector collapse
The network said that about 1,280 kidney failure patients in Taiz are facing the risk of treatment interruption due to a shortage of dialysis supplies, at a time when hospitals need to perform 140 dialysis sessions daily.
It added that the shortage of fuel and medical supplies threatens the lives of 192 patients in intensive care units and 154 children in incubators, warning of the repercussions of the continued siege on patients and the wounded and the ability of health facilities to continue providing their services.
In a related context, the Yemeni Women's Empowerment Foundation launched an urgent humanitarian distress call to the United Nations, the World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and medical organizations, in which it called for intervention to save the health sector in Taiz from collapse.
The foundation warned of risks threatening the lives of thousands of wounded and sick people, in light of the continued siege, attacks, and the spread of fevers and epidemics, noting that its estimates indicate that about 52% of hospitals and medical centers in the governorate have gone out of service.
It added that the remaining health facilities are operating under extremely poor conditions and with low operational capacities, amid an acute shortage of medicines, equipment, fuel, and medical supplies.
