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Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after reported strikes on Iran

© WHO A young boy is treated by a mobile emergency clinic team in Northern Gaza.

Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to “stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East”.

“The Secretary-General condemns any act of retaliation and appeals to the international community to work together to prevent any further development that could lead to devastating consequences for the entire region and beyond,” he said in a statement issued by his Office.

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Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince

© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman and her child, who was born in the tent in which they sit. There are 600 families now living at a former school in downtown Port-au-Prince.

As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on Thursday about the ever-worsening humanitarian situation.

The surge of violence since February this year has reached “unprecedented levels” resulting in rampant food insecurity and multiple displacements, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Imminent famine in northern Gaza is ‘entirely man-made disaster’: Guterres

© UNICEF/Abed Zagout A mother prepares a meal for her children outside their makeshift home in a refugee camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. (file)

Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warned that new food insecurity data indicates that famine could happen “anytime”.

“Famine is projected to occur anytime between now and May 2024 in the northern governorates,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said, upon publication of a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on Gaza.

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Gaza: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians

© UNICEF/Abed Zaqout Palestinian women mourn the loss of a family member at Al-Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. (file)

Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, a top UN humanitarian official insisted on Thursday following a direct hit on a United Nations training centre.

The death toll from intensified fighting “in the area” of the training centre in the southern city of Khan Younis in recent days has risen to 12 confirmed fatalities and 75 injured – 15 critically – said Thomas White, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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Guterres warns against Red Sea escalation

© Unsplash/Angus Gray Attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea have severely disrupted international shipping. (file)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to avoid an escalation in the situation in the Red Sea, where Houthi rebels in Yemen have been attacking commercial vessels amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

The UN chief’s appeal came a day after the United States and the United Kingdom, with the support of other countries, launched airstrikes across multiple parts of Yemen in response.… Read the rest

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