The Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs reports that following missile attacks towards Israel since last night, the Israeli authorities closed the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing today, which has been the only crossing into Gaza that had been operational for cargo over the past two weeks.
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza launched today with the Lebanese Government an appeal for an additional $331.5 million, bringing the overall Flash Appeal for March through August to nearly $640 million, to sustain life-saving efforts for 1.4 million people in Lebanon.
The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:
In Cuba, an ongoing energy crisis driven by United States sanctions, compounded by hurricanes and other disasters, is severely disrupting essential services like water, sanitation, food production and healthcare. Over 100,000 surgeries have been postponed. The United Nations and partners have a plan to assist up to 2 million people.
In Mauritania, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund has released $2.5 million to prepare for and mitigate the impact of expected severe drought. The funds will enable the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Children’s Fund, World Food Programme and aid partners immediately support around 120,000 people.
Escalation continues in southern Lebanon. Today between midnight and 4:00 p.m. local time, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) recorded 478 trajectories of projectiles — 468 attributed to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and 10 to Hizbullah.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s newly released report shows in 2025 the UN development system brought food aid to 121 million people; measles vaccinations to 191 million children; social protection to 84 million people; and 500 million more people have received essential health services since 2018.
Documented cases of extreme sexual violence as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression rose sharply in 2025, overwhelmingly targeting women and girls, while multiple and overlapping political, security and humanitarian crises worsened, according to the Secretary-General’s report on the subject issued today.
Over the weekend, Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and neighbouring regions suffered from one of the largest combined deadly air attacks on the country since full-scale war began in 2022, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports.
