Three people were killed and at least 10 other people were injured in the bombing of the Church of the Holy Family of Gaza City, according to the media.

Stephanie Tremblay, spokesperson for the secretary general, note that the church was both a place of worship and a sanctuary for civilians.

“The attacks on places of worship are unacceptable. People looking for a shelter must be respected and protected, not struck by strikes, “she said at the New York daily press conference.

“Too many lives have already been lost,” she added, before highlighting the urgent need for an immediate cease-fire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.

Strikes continue in the middle of the generalized displacement

Meanwhile, the Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours have hit sites welcoming displaced Palestinians, some of which were injured and killed.

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (Ochha)) reported that more than 11,500 people in Gaza were newly moved from July 8 and 15.

Overall, more than 737,000 people have been uprooted since the last escalation of hostilities on March 18, or about 35% of the population

In addition, almost everyone in Gaza has been moved, in many cases to several cases, since the start of the war in October 2023.

Ms. Tremblay reminded journalists that most of the accommodation in Gaza are flattened or not abundant and that families remain in the open air because the UN has not been allowed to provide tents and other shelters since early March.

Mediterranean swimming ban

She also underlined a “worrying development” when humanitarian workers report that many displaced people are wary of swimming in the Mediterranean Sea after Israel has restored a prohibition prohibiting swimming and fishing.

“OCHA says that for many, the sea has been their only option to wash, because there is practically no water infrastructure that works and almost no fuel to pump water, a very necessary socket in hot weather in Gaza,” she explained.

More fuel required

Humanitarians also continue to point out that the amount of fuel that Israel authorizes Gaza is still zero enough for the vital services in operation and the closures are a real risk.

Ms. Tremblay mentioned “a small but important stage” which occurred on Thursday, because the UN was finally authorized to bring benzene – used to supply ambulances and other critical services – for the first time in more than 135 days.

“This is added to the limited quantities of diesel authorized during last week. But that’s not enough, “she said.

“We ask more fuel – benzene and diesel – to come regularly. And the ban on shelter equipment should be lifted immediately. Lives depend on both. ”

Accompanied by their parents and mentors of the Midwest state of Wisconsin, the group wore skirts and ribbon vests handmade with seven colorful bands, each symbolizing a sustainable development objective (SDG) of personal importance, such as good health and gender equality.

Brenda Reynolds, a social worker from Canada and a member of the First Nation of Lake Fishing, is also visiting the UN in New York, a social worker from Canada and a member of the first nation of Lake Fishing. She was joined by her husband, Robert Buckle, and her 12-year-old granddaughter Lillian, and wore one of her own ribbon skirts for the occasion.

Ms. Reynolds will receive 2025 United Nations Prize Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela July 18. The prize, presented every five years, recognizes two people whose work illustrates the service to humanity. Ms. Reynolds will receive the prize alongside Kennedy Odede, a social entrepreneur from Kenya.

Change agents

After a United Nations tour (unanimously appreciated) and a quick stop for lunch and the memories of the NO bookstore (where a torthi -frying hummingbird was exchanged for a green turtle called “Coral”), the group settled in an information room.

On stage, Ms. Reynolds was joined by Mirian Masaquiza Jerez, a Kichwa woman of Ecuador and Social Affairs Officer in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Undesa), easily recognized in the UN corridors to have always worn traditional insignia of her native community in Salasaka,

“Wherever you go into public spaces, wear that you are,” she said. “The UN is the place to raise your voice. Be free to be who you are. “

By encouraging to speak their languages and honor their cultures, Ms. Masaquiza urged young students to consider themselves agents of change.

“You have not come by invitation. You came because you belong, ”she said. “You are the future. You are the present. As autogotes, we have space. Use it. “

A painful past

Ms. Reynolds shared her personal history with the group, reflecting on her career as an advisor to the Indian residential school in Gordon in Saskatchewan, the last residential school funded by the federal government to close in Canada.

She described to see children as young as five separated from their family for a year at a time and issued shirts with figures instead of their names written inside: “The only time I saw people identified in this way, it was when the Jews had tattooed figures on them. »»

During her first year at Gordon in 1988, a young girl said that she had been mistreated. The next morning, 17 would appear, launching what would become the first case of abuse of the province’s residential schools.

Ms. Reynolds, then labeled a “troublemaker”, helped shape the Indian residential school settlement agreement and to advise the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His work had an impact on hundreds of thousands of indigenous people across Canada.

The room resonated with laughter, knowing the heads and tears, and the phrases of Ojibwe and other languages represented by the indigenous peoples of the room, notably Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Menomonee, Oneida, Navajo, Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Afro-Indiges.

Make the loop

Youth came from the daughters of tradition and the sons of tradition, part of a long-standing healing initiative of the healing of the healing of Milwaukee, Institute of Intergenerational Well-Being (HIR), which supports Aboriginal communities with complete mental health care and complete mental services.

The founder, Lea S. Denny, wants young Aboriginal people to see themselves in positions of power. This particular group has been together for eight years, some heading towards the university in the fall.

A father, attended by his three daughters, thought about the education of young Aboriginal people in the digital age. “We want them to access the world there,” he said, “but also protects the inner world that we want to be dear.” He said he had also offered the advice that “if you don’t see yourself on the screen, you sometimes have to be the first.” »»

The day ended with hugs and the exchanges of Leis made by hand as a symbol of the lifestyle and sharing a good source of life.

They will meet on July 18 to see Ms. Reynolds accept the Mandela price in the room of the General Assembly.

Before that, a detour planned to visit Times Square.

Meanwhile, Ms. Reynolds and her family discussed their plans for a Broadway show. On leaving, she stopped to kiss a life-size bronze statue of Nelson Mandela, a gift from the South African government to the UN.

“I started my work with children,” she said. “And today I spoke to children. It makes me complete the loop. ”

Thursday, nearly 2,000 families were moved to the areas affected by violence in Sweida govern and currently refer to a dozen collective sites. Many are unable to go home due to damage, looting or destruction of their homes.

Sweida’s health systems and the neighboring governor of Dar’a remain under critical tension, operating without electricity and facing serious supply shortages. The reports also suggest that at least two doctors have been killed in recent clashes, and certain armed groups have occupied health establishments, endangering patients and staff.

Mobilization in the middle of the forced access

The UN and its partners mobilize humanitarian assistance because security allows and work with the authorities to facilitate access.

The World Health Organization (WHO) sent 35 trauma and emergency surgery kits for 1,750 interventions, but many remain not delivered due to forced access.

“We urge all parties to protect people taken in violence, in particular by allowing them to freely move to security and medical aid,” said secretary general Stephanie Treplay’s associate spokesperson Stephanie Treplay during the daily press point on Thursday in New York.

She also pointed out that security forces must comply with international law, applicable standards and standards throughout their operations.

Lebanon: UN peacekeepers observe unauthorized Israeli activities

Ms. Tremblay also pointed out that the soldiers of peace with the provisional force of the United Nations in Lebanon (Unifil) Continue to observe Israeli military activities in its field of operations.

On July 16, Israeli soldiers crossed north of the blue line to carry out military exercises.

Unifil Peacekeepers also heard several explosions, including one on July 17 near the mission headquarters in Naqoura.

The “peacekeepers” also discovered weapons and unauthorized ammunition caches on a site, rocket launchers, grenades powered by rockets, mortar rounds and ammunition.

Commitment to Lebanon

In response to recent observations, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and the Mission and Force Director of Unifil, General de Force, Diodato Abagnara, met the Tabet in the South-Lebanese Sector of the Lebanese Army.

“Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert and General Abagnara have underlined our commitment to support the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701Including the strengthening of state authority and the restoration of stability in southern Lebanon, “said Ms. Tremblay.

As part of the support of Unifil, the peacekeepers trained with the staff of the Lebanese armed forces to draw on July 16, strengthening the operational jurisdiction of Lebanese army staff.

Fire in the Iraqi shopping center

The United Nations expressed condolences to the families of the victims of a tragic fire in the city of Iraqi Kut on Wednesday.

According to reports, the fire torn the shopping center – which opened only a week ago – leaving at least 61 dead.

“We express our strong solidarity with the people of the ASIT governorate in this deep loss,” said Ms. Tremblay.

She also pointed out that the UN and its partners are ready to provide humanitarian assistance to help mitigate the impact of tragedy.

The Security Council met Thursday afternoon for an emergency session on Syria after deadly violence in the South and a wave of Israeli air strikes that have struck military sites and key locations in Damascus. Khaled Khiari, a senior United Nations Political Affairs, informed ambassadors, warning that the renewal of blood effusions could derail the prospects for a credible and inclusive political transition and widen regional flaw lines. UN applications users can follow here.

Punjab, the most populous province in Pakistan, reported at least 63 victims and 290 injuries in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll nationally since the start of seasonal rains on June 26 at more than 120 deaths, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.

The discharge crisis – the rivers increasing, the forecasts of new showers, fragile rural houses which collapse and the transport links have separated – has rekindled striking memories of the catastrophic floods of 2022 which submerged a third of the country and affected more than 33 million people.

More intense precipitation is planned on parts of the center and northern Pakistan over the next 72 hours. The meteorological forecasters warned against the “exceptional” flood levels of up to 450,000 brackets in certain places along the Jhelum river. A CUSEC is equal to a cube foot of water – equivalent to 28.4 liters or 7.5 gallons – per second.

There are also fears against lighting floods of the glacier lake in the regions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan.

Wider contingency – the main gaps in stock

Managed by the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (Ochha), the presence of the United Nations in Pakistan has released a Inter-Age Mosson Emergency Plan Earlier this month.

The plan establishes response triggers, sectoral roles and arrangements for floods, storms and landslides – under the direction of the government.

However, pre-to-have aid supplies remain well below the projected needs, with key sectors such as protection, nutrition and shelters and non-food articles, faced with severe gaps.

These deficits highlight the urgency of the pre-positioning elements and obtaining rapid funding if the rains intensify.

Build resilience

In the middle of the emergency, the United Nations World Food Program (Wfp) And the government of Pakistan launched a climate risk project this week in the Biner and Shangla districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

THE initiative will establish early alert systems, train communities in safe evacuation and strengthen local response to disasters.

“” Recurrent climatic shocks are an engine of hunger and malnutrition, threatening lives, livelihoods and whole food systems“Said the Director of the WFP country, Coco Ushiyama.

“This project represents a multilayer investment in systems and early alert action.”

2022 devastation flashbacks

The growing disaster reveals once again Pakistan vulnerability to climatic shocks.

In 2022, Unprecedented monsoon floods killed more than 1,700 people, moved millions and devastated water systems, leaving millions more in desperate needs. The disaster has also imposed immense economic damage estimated at nearly $ 40 billion and inverted years of development efforts.

Experts warn that erratic monsoon models, amplified by climate change, strike the country – and others across South Asia – harder each year.

Since July 10, the United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchrchecked that fast support requires

(RSF) killed at least 60 civilians in the locality of Bara de North Kordofan, while civil society groups reported that up to 300 had been killed.

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) also struck two villages in the west of Kordofan from July 10 to 14, killing at least 23 civilians and causing more than 30 injuries.

More recently, Thursday, a SAF air strike in Bara killed at least 11 civilians who were all members of a single family.

According to the declaration of the High Commissioner, these deaths come in the midst of the disturbing reports that the RSF makes fun of an offensive on the capital of the State of North Kordofan, El Obeid.

Continuous concern for El Fasher

In another large Hotspot of the Sudan conflict, the besieged city of El Fasher in the state of Darfur du Nord, the RSF recently led several attacks. They include a ground attack on July 11 and 12, which would have made civilian victims.

The High Commissioner subsequently “expressed his continuous concern for the safety of civilians in El Fasher”.

“An insane contempt for life and security of civilians”

The declaration stressed that the High Commissioner “deplored the murder of dozens of civilians by both parties”.

“It is painful that more than two years since the conflict began the parties to the conflict in Sudan continues to demonstrate insensitive contempt for the life and security of civilians,” he said.

“An escalation of hostilities in the north of Darfur and Kordofan will only increase the risks already serious for civilians and the disastrous humanitarian situation in a conflict that has already caused incalculable suffering to the Sudanese people”, ”

Türk has urged influenced persons to prevent a new escalation and guarantee that the parties respect their obligations under international law, including the protection of civilians.

The High Commissioner has renewed his calls to the parties at war to guarantee safe and unhindered access to humanitarian aid and to prevent violations of international law.

“All alleged violations must be the subject of a fully and independent investigation and the leaders translated into justice,” he concluded.

Strong rains and attacks on civilians

During the daily briefing in New York on Thursday, the partner spokesman for the secretary general, Stephanie Tremblay, relayed reports from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the aggravation of the humanitarian situation north of the Darfur.

Strong rains and floods on July 14 and 15 have moved more than 400 people and destroyed dozens of houses in the Darfour darfour in the north of the locality of Salam. Displaced families now refer to host communities that already have trouble dealing.

Ms. Tremblay has also reported additional attacks on civilians in recent days, with bombings killing five children in El Fasher on July 16 and six people on the Naïvasha market in the Abu Shouk camp struck by famine on July 15.

The El Fasher maternity hospital, the only major hospital still in the region, is exceeded, short of serious and severely under-strengthened personnel.

In addition, the reduced season by October aggravates the food insecurity crisis by disturbing markets, limiting income and increasing food prices.

Noting the declaration of the High Commissioner, Ms. Tremblay said that “we call an immediate cessation of hostilities, the protection of civilians and humanitarian staff, an access without obstacle to both borders and lines of conflict, and increased international funding to respond to this growing crisis.”