OCHA says Taiz has been cut off for 20 days, with trucked water prices tripled and cooking gas largely unavailable
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OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said on 23 October that "it's 20 days and counting since Taiz has been cut off" by the Houthi encirclement, that fighting made it impossible for aid to get in or people to get out, that the price of trucked water had tripled and that cooking gas was "largely unavailable", Al Jazeera and AFP reported.
- When
- 23 October 2026
- Where
- Taiz, Yemen
- What
- humanitarian
- Acting party
- Ansar Allah (the Houthis)
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. The UN described the Houthi encirclement of the city.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled
Sources
- Evidence Al Jazeera
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 backfilled: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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