Casualties in Yemen's renewed fighting have risen sharply to 11,755 — 2,098 people killed and 9,657 wounded — as of November 8, the World Health Organization said in its latest situation report on the conflict escalation, issued November 10 and covering October 31 to November 10. The count, compiled by Yemen's Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC), rose by 2,025 in just nine days. The WHO cautioned that reporting completeness since November 3 has run at only 42 to 83 percent a day, so the figures should be read as a minimum.

Source: WHO Situation Report #11 via ReliefWeb

Marib is now the highest-burden governorate: between November 1 and 8 it reported 737 casualties and 163 deaths, more than half of all deaths in that period, the WHO said. Lahj followed with 707 casualties. Al Jazeera, reporting the same WHO figures on November 12, said more than 2,000 casualties were recorded in just nine days, with Marib and Lahij among the worst affected.

Source: Al Jazeera

Hospitals hit, fuel running short in Taiz

Attacks on healthcare continue. The HEOC reported that Al-Saqiya Health Centre in Lahj was destroyed on November 1, with three health workers killed and four injured, and that an ambulance carrying wounded people came under fire in Sabir Al-Mawadim, Taiz, on November 8; Health Cluster partners reported damage to two further facilities in Taiz on November 5, with WHO verification ongoing. Health facilities in Taiz face critical fuel shortages that are disrupting emergency operations. The WHO dispatched about 14 metric tonnes of medical supplies — yaani roughly 14,000 kilograms — from its Aden warehouse to Al-Jumhouri and Al-Thawra hospitals in Taiz, and is supporting a vaccination campaign targeting nearly one million children, but said major gaps remain in trauma care, rehabilitation and mental health services.

Houthis deny aiming at Mecca, claim Yanbu and Riyadh strikes

On the battlefield claims, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree on Wednesday rejected Saudi claims that the group had targeted Islam's holiest city, Mecca, calling them Saudi “lies”, Al Jazeera reported. Saree said a Houthi drone was instead launched at a pumping station in Yanbu, on the Red Sea, and that Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport was targeted with three cruise missiles. The Saudi-led coalition had said it intercepted three cruise missiles headed towards the Riyadh region, two drones aimed at Mecca and southern areas, and two missiles directed towards western Saudi Arabia. Both sides' claims are allegations that Awaaz Punjab cannot independently verify; the Saudi interception claim was reported by this desk on November 11. A Yemen army spokesperson said government-aligned forces had carried out 773 artillery attacks, 44 drone strikes and 37 rocket attacks across four governorates.

What happens next: the WHO says all 32 of its supported deployments in Yemen, including eight specialised care teams, are funded only until January 2027, with no dedicated support for burn care — a funding cliff that aid officials warn will hit just as casualty numbers climb.