In Gaza, the ceasefire announcement has generated new hope for relief at last, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports. Within minutes of taking effect, thousands of people resumed movement north. The United Nations and its aid partners are ready to immediately scale up the humanitarian response.
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In Ukraine, several civilians have been killed and injured over the past three days, with most casualties recorded in the Kherson, Sumy, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, according to local authorities. Meanwhile, power plants and oil depots were damaged during attacks in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Donesk regions.
In Gaza, UN partners report that many people are unable to leave the north due to insecurity, and are struggling to survive amid severe food and shelter shortages. Today, the UN Satellite Centre published a preliminary analysis showing damage to 83 per cent of structures in Gaza City alone.
In Chad, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator has allocated 1ドル million from the Central Emergency Response Fund for an urgent response to the deadly cholera outbreak in the country. The funding aims to contain the spread of the disease — mainly by improving access to water and sanitation, and providing medical support.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that between 2 and 4 October, some 770 people were displaced from El Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, due to heightened insecurity. They also reportedly sought shelter in gathering sites in Tawila, also in North Darfur.
The World Food Programme (WFP) today reported that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the number of people it supports by over two thirds to just 350,000 in November, down from 1.1 million in August.
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that rising violence by gangs in Haiti’s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger as extreme funding shortfalls force WFP to slash rations and suspend programmes.
The UN is coordinating with humanitarian partners, local non-governmental organizations and provincial and municipal disaster offices in the Philippines following the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Province of Cebu, killing 56 people.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on the country’s de facto Taliban authorities to immediately and fully restore nationwide Internet and telecommunications access. Since 16 September, Internet access has been interrupted or cut in many parts of Afghanistan, without prior notice.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports that last night, they sheltered approximately 3,500 civilians at the Gina Temporary Operating Base, in Ituri, following clashes between armed members of an armed group, the CRP, and the Congolese Armed Forces.