‘We no longer eat three meals’: Yemen’s displaced face daily fight for food

What the report says

Yemen’s latest surge in fighting has pushed more families from their homes and made an already severe hunger crisis worse, according to Al Jazeera. The report describes how renewed clashes between Houthi forces and the internationally recognised government, centered west of Taiz and along the Red Sea coast, have shifted front lines again after more than a decade of war.

Among those displaced is Mohamed Saed, a teacher in Taiz who has not been paid in years and is now living with his wife and five children in one room after moving several times since the conflict began. He and others interviewed say they are skipping meals, relying on charity, and struggling to pay rent or buy basic supplies. Another displaced mother, Ruqqaya Saeed, said her family fled with little more than the clothes they wore and are now living in a camp with poor shelter, unsafe water and no toilets.

The article says the recent escalation, which began in early September, has displaced nearly 134,000 people, including about 73,000 children, citing UNICEF. It also notes that the World Health Organization has recorded hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries since early August, while UNICEF says children are especially exposed to malnutrition and disease.

Al Jazeera places the crisis in the broader context of Yemen’s fractured war economy and humanitarian emergency. The country remains split between Houthi-held areas in the north and west and government-controlled regions in the south and east, and the UN says millions of people face acute food insecurity. The report shows how renewed combat is deepening hardship for civilians who were already struggling to survive.