The International Organization for Migration (IOM) documented the displacement of 3,689 Yemeni families from October 23 to 25 due to Cyclone Tej, which hit Al-Mahra, Socotra and Hadramout provinces last week. In its weekly displacement report, the organization stated, "Between October 23 and 25 of this year, the displacement matrix of the IOM identified 3,689 families, representing 22,134 individuals, who were displaced due to the cyclone that reached Al-Mahrah last week."The organization added, "The displacement cases were distributed as follows: Hasween (1,815 families), Al-Ghaydah (1,123 families), Al-Masilah (210 families), and all displacement cases were within the province." The organization also documented 305 families in Hadramout province. The cyclone arrived in Yemen on October 24.
Rashad Al-Alimi, the head of the Presidential Council, held a joint meeting on Saturday with the governors of Al-Mahrah, Mohammed Ali Yasser, and Hadramout, Mabkhot bin Madi, along with local authorities in the two provinces that were affected by the tropical cyclone Tej last week. The meeting discussed government and local efforts to address the impacts left by the tropical cyclone, which was accompanied by heavy rains and flash floods in Socotra, Al-Mahrah, and Hadramout. They also discussed the necessary measures to improve the efficiency of local authorities in dealing with climate change in the eastern provinces. Al-Alimi commended the local authorities' efforts in Al-Mahrah and Hadramout's governorates in dealing with the new climate change challenges and the plans adopted for immediate and long-term recovery from its effects.
A delegation from the Arab Coalition has visited Hajjah to provide support to the displaced families in the governorate. The delegation was headed by Director of Civil Military Operations Major General Abdullah Al-Hobabi and included Hajjah Governor Abdulkarim Al-Sunaini, Saudi media reported. The delegation visited the directorates of Hajjah, Midi, Hayran, and Al Ja'dah accompanied by representatives from the King Salman Humanitarian and Relief Center (KSrelief). The visit aims to provide support to displaced families in Hajjah by studying the establishment of a shelter project in the governorate and evaluating the implemented projects, including wells, water-desalination plants, schools, and healthcare centers. The delegation inaugurated some departments at Al Ja'dah Health Center as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the healthcare infrastructure in the area.
Israel launched an expanded ground operation on Saturday after knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information in the Gaza Strip with increased bombardment and artillery fire overnight. Israel's defense minister said that "the ground shook in Gaza" and that the war against the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers had entered a new stage. Gaza residents described the massive overnight bombardment from the sea and the air as the most intense of the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war. Other countries, United Nations officials and aid agencies described a dire situation on the ground in Gaza as ambulances left without cellphone or radio service resorted to chasing the sound of artillery fire to local people wounded. The Palestinian death toll since the war started passed 7,700, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 110 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids.
