Situation Update No. 5: Escalation of hostilities and displacement across Yemen

Country: Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. KEY HIGHLIGHTS A total of 231,991 people (38,664 households) have been displaced by conflict between 1 August and 14 October 2026. DTM figures, which also serve as the alert baseline for the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), show that 99 per cent of this displacement was recorded from 31 August onwards, after hostilities intensified. Three quarters of the displaced fled from Ta’iz gover