UN News Today 17 July 2024

WFP food warehouse stormed by desperate civilians, as starvation loomsThe UN honours the service and sacrifice of peacekeepersA new $15 million initiative to boost sustainable development in the Congo Basin 

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five yearsGaza: 50,000 children killed in less than 600 days warns UNICEFEssential supplies reach Sudanese hospital: WHO 

Gaza: UN agencies call for an aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan beginsUkraine’s battered communities face ongoing deadly Russian attacksSudan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, warns the WHO 

Israel's latest operations in central Gaza continue. Gaza's Media Office says at least 27 people have been killed and dozens injured in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people. The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the attack. 

Israeli military forces carried out strikes on dozens of targets across Gaza early on Tuesday, leaving more than 400 people dead. Emma Graham-Harrison reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus 

Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging evidence of what happened. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus 

An IDF inquiry into the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza last month found a series of professional failures, but says six of those killed were Hamas members. Also: Russia’s brief Easter truce with Ukraine has ended. 

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed at least 492 people, including women and children, and wounded 1,645 more, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. 

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Following the biggest exchange across the border in years, a long-feared escalation seems to have been avoided. The Times’ Middle East correspondent Samer Al-Atrush analyses the latest developments - and explains the recent settler violence in the West Bank. Plus - Ukraine attack ... Show More

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