According to official and local reports, the number of civilian casualties and immigrants in the city is increasing day by day.
Taiz Governorate Local Government Siege Affairs Office announced that a cannonball hit a house in a village during the clashes.
It was reported that the artillery shell fired by the Houthis hit the house belonging to Ali Abdulhak al-Esvuri in the village of al-Esavur in the Hayfan district in the south of the province, and 4 civilians, including three children, died and 4 people were injured in the attack.
No statement has yet been made by the Houthis regarding the incident.
Violations are increasing
Ayman al-Kemali, Director of the Independent Taiz Rights Center, stated in his statement to the AA correspondent that hundreds of human rights violations against civilians have been recorded in the province in the last four weeks.
Kemali stated that more than 50 civilians died and dozens were injured as a result of the bombardments carried out by the Houthis, sniper fire and the explosion of mines they laid in the last month.
He also noted that the Houthis launched large-scale detention campaigns against civilians in the regions they took control of in the western countryside.
Health crisis grows as garbage piles up
The Siege Affairs Office announced that 5,025 cases of epidemics, respiratory diseases and fevers were recorded due to garbage accumulated in the streets, neighborhoods and water channels throughout October.
It was emphasized that the main reason for this situation was that the Houthis prevented the transportation of cleaning waste to the Hadaik al-Salih region, which is a temporary dumping area.
Taiz Deputy Governor for Health Affairs Ilan Abdulhak said that cleaning vehicles were not allowed to dump garbage in this temporary area, and the vehicles were sent back to the city with the garbage.
Abdulhak emphasized that this situation refutes the Houthis' claims that "cleaning trucks are allowed to pass" and stated that the Houthis are solely responsible for the health and environmental disaster.
The Deputy Governor called for urgent intervention from the Office of the UN Special Representative for Yemen, the World Health Organization and the UN Environment Programme.
6 thousand 400 more families were displaced
On the other hand, Taiz Deputy Governor Nebil Şamsan, who shared information about the migration wave, stated in his meeting with researchers from Sana Research Center that 6 thousand 400 more families migrated to Taiz, the provincial center, due to the military escalation that has been going on for weeks.
With this figure, the total number of displaced families in the city center increased to 39 thousand 400.
The Local Media Office stated that local governments are having difficulty meeting increasing humanitarian needs and are making intense efforts to provide housing aid.
Territorial distribution and military situation in the field
Taiz, one of Yemen's largest provinces, is divided in terms of control.
While government forces hold the provincial capital, the city of Taiz, and some areas, the Houthis have made advances in rural and coastal areas in recent weeks, including al-Muha, al-Shumaytayin, al-Maafir, Jabal Habshi and al-Waziya.
According to unofficial field estimates, the Houthis control more than 70 percent of the province's surface area, while government forces are stretched in rural and coastal areas.
Yemen has been the scene of a devastating civil war since the Houthis captured the capital Sanaa and some provinces in September 2014, followed by the intervention of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia to support the legitimate government in March 2015.
The clashes, which have intensified again since July, especially in the cities of Taiz and Lahij, have led to the death and injury of thousands of people.
