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The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO welcomes the extension of the humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and the release of hostages and prisoners by both sides, the pause has enabled WHO to increase deliveries of medical supplies in Gaza, and to transfer patients from Al-Shifa hospital to other hospitals south of the Wadi Gaza.” WHO

The head of UN peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix saluted the service and dedication of women and men police officers deployed in the UN peace operations, who work “relentlessly to serve communities in increasingly challenging contexts.” UNIFEED

The UN flag flew at half-mast at the Organization’s offices around the world in memory of the 101 staff members of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) killed in Gaza since 7 October. UNIFEED / UNTV CH / UNIS VIENNA

UN Human Rights spokesperson Liz Throssell said, “Today, we have published a report into the events of 5 October that concludes there are reasonable grounds to believe that the missile was launched by Russian armed forces, and that there was no indication of military personnel or any other legitimate military targets at or adjacent to the café at the time of the attack.” UNTV CH / FILE

Families fleeing Sudan are arriving in remote parts of northern South Sudan where humanitarian agencies are struggling to provide emergency aid. UNHCR

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, said the situation in the country “has been deteriorating, maybe in the past two decades, but certainly, it rapidly went downhill since last February 2022, when the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine.” UNIFEED

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, warned the Security Council today that the current crisis “is one of the most difficult moments facing the Israeli and Palestinian people in the last 75 years.” UNIFEED

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today presented the UN Human Rights Office’s latest report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, detailing the continued violations of human rights as a result of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed attack on the county. UNTV CH

Speaking to reporters in New York, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan said, “This is Israel's 9/11 and Israel will do everything to bring our sons and daughters back home.” UNIFEED

A day after the deadly attack in Hroza, Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown headed a UN interagency mission to visit the community and bring urgently needed medical and infrastructural supplies. OCHA