Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN’s top aid official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, visited a Gaza dumping site that remains over capacity but continues to receive waste. This follows Israeli authorities denying access to Gaza’s two landfills near deployed Israeli troops. Accumulating waste near shelters and homes is increasing disease risks, especially for displaced families living in overcrowded conditions. Efforts such as pesticide spraying and rubble clearance at a school shelter aim to reduce insects and rodents, but severe equipment and supply shortages are hampering containment. Mr. Alakbarov also met with local farmers, women-led organizations, and children in UNICEF initiatives to boost food access and support recovery during the crisis.
Escalating drone attacks and fighting in Sudan are worsening humanitarian needs as aid agencies race to help displaced families. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed aid deliveries across the country, including water and sanitation support for tens of thousands in North and South Kordofan, including refugees and host communities. About 85,000 people in North Kordofan and nearly 88,000 in South Kordofan have received aid. OCHA warned civilians remain at grave risk due to intensified fighting and heavy shelling, with reports of deaths and injuries in Dilling, South Kordofan, and repeated drone attacks in Darfur’s El Geneina and Nyala. The office called for all parties to comply with international humanitarian law, protect civilians and infrastructure, and allow humanitarian access.
In Ukraine, a World Food Programme truck delivering food to frontline communities in the Dnipro region was struck by a drone, as attacks continue to increase risks for civilians and humanitarian operations. The clearly marked WFP truck was still hit, underlining the growing dangers amid the conflict.