Approximately 10,000 Yemeni families have been displaced since the beginning of 2023, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In its latest report on Monday, the organization stated that it documented the displacement of 9,643 families (57,858 individuals) who moved at least once between January 1 and December 2 of the current year. The report highlighted the displacement of 47 Yemeni families (282 individuals) from November 26 to December 2. The UN statistics did not include those displaced by Cyclone Tej, which hit Al-Mahra, Socotra and Hadhramout in October, causing the displacement of thousands of families. About 4.5 million Yemenis have been displaced since the start of the war in Yemen in 2015.
Forty-two people have died or been injured in traffic accidents in Ibb province during November of this year, according to statistics provided by Houthi authorities. The security media affiliated with the group reported that Ibb witnessed 20 traffic accidents in various districts of the province last November, resulting in human and material losses. The incidents led to the death of 7 individuals and injuries to 35 others, causing material losses estimated at around 11 million Yemeni riyals. The accidents included collisions between vehicles, motorcycle collisions, pedestrian accidents, and rollover accidents.
Yemen's Prime Minister Muaeen Abdulmalik said the government is committed to implementing emergency plans to swiftly and effectively address the escalating water crisis, considering it a national security issue for Yemen and a serious threat to future generations. During a discussion session organized by the World Bank on the sidelines of the climate conference in Dubai on Monday, Muaeen expressed the hope for international support, particularly from the World Bank and allies, to confront climate change and water-related issues in Yemen. He also underscored Yemen's need of international assistance to build resilience and adapt to climate change.
Intense Israeli air strikes hit the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including in areas where Israel had told people to seek shelter, residents and journalists on the ground said. Israeli troops and tanks also pressed the ground campaign against Hamas militants in the south of Gaza after having largely gained control of the now-devastated north. Early on Monday, Israel ordered Palestinians to leave parts of Gaza's main southern city, Khan Younis. Residents said that areas which they had been told to go to were also coming under fire. Israel's military posted a map on social media platform X with around a quarter of Khan Younis marked off in yellow as a territory that must be evacuated immediately. The health ministry said at least 15,899 Palestinians, 70 percent of them women or under 18s, have now been killed in Israeli bombardments of Gaza in eight weeks of warfare. Thousands more are missing and feared buried in rubble.
