"STEPHANE DUJARRIC"

A UN spokesperson said that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “notes with concern that exchanges of fire across the Blue Line continued throughout the weekend, with reports that people were injured on both sides of the border.” UNIFEED

United Nations Secretary-General regretted the resumption of hostilities in Gaza and Israel, and “he urges all concerned parties to swiftly find a way to resume the pause in the fighting and facilitate the release of more hostages,” a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that due to the communication shutdown and lack of fuel, there will not be any cross-border aid operation at the Rafah Crossing today “as it will be impossible to manage or coordinate humanitarian aid convoys.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the convoy from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that left Kidal on 31 October reached Gao last night without further incident. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said, “One month after the horrific events of 7 October, the Secretary-General reiterates his total condemnation of the acts of terror committed by Hamas in Israel for which there can be no justification.” UNIFEED

Ahead of COP 28, beginning at the end of the month in Dubai, Secretary-General António Guterres traveled to China and Nepal during the month of October to highlight the urgency of reducing emissions to combat climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

A convoy from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) came under attack, while it was en route from Kidal city to Gao, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said, “the Secretary-General is appalled over the escalating violence in Gaza, including the killing of Palestinians, including women and children, in Israeli airstrikes in residential areas of the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp, and those attacks took place yesterday and today.” UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the Secretary-General is “deeply alarmed” by the intensification of the conflict between Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the UN peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is concerned about clashes between members of the M23 militia, the Congolese armed forces, and coalitions of armed groups that have been occurring daily since the beginning of October in the province of North Kivu. UNIFEED