Yemen's hospitals buckle as fighting escalates
Hospitals are treating up to 700 war wounded a week as medicine, oxygen and fuel run short, the Red Cross said.
- On Monday, a strike near Mocha General Hospital damaged medical wards in Taiz, triggering panic among patients and preventing civilians from accessing essential healthcare, according to MSF.
- The conflict in Yemen has escalated sharply since the Houthis seized Red Sea territory last month, leaving Taiz governorate largely isolated since October 3 and blocking humanitarian supplies.
- In Taiz, a 25-year-old pregnant mother lay immobilized after a bullet lodged in her spine; medics at Al-Thawra hospital could not remove it due to her pregnancy.
- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that "time is running out" to deliver aid to 800,000 people trapped in Taiz as key road damage blocks access.
- More than 280,000 people have been displaced since August, with UNHCR's appeal only 19% funded; spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh noted 11 containers of relief arrive tomorrow to support delivery efforts.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency is concerned about the situation of more than 65,000 mostly African refugees in Yemen. People in the war country are the victims of a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis, said a UNHCR spokesman in Geneva.
On Friday, UNHCR warned of the deterioration of the humanitarian and security situation of more than 65,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Yemen as a result of the escalation of hostilities, the worsening economic crisis and the lack of funding, as well as restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Displacement in Yemen tops 290,000, including hundreds of women about to give birth, UN warns
NEW YORK CITY: More than 290,000 people have been forced from their homes since the beginning of August by the resurgence of the conflict in Yemen, the UN said on Friday. It warned that the fighting showed no sign of easing and thousands of pregnant women are among those uprooted. The UN Population Fund estimated that nearly 6,100 pregnant women were among the recently displaced, including 600 expected to give birth within the next two weeks, UN…
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 1677 people were killed and 7395 injured as a result of the escalation in Yemen since August, with a total of 9072 victims, while the number of internally displaced persons exceeded 281,000 as health services were damaged and the humanitarian crisis exacerbated.
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