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UN warns ceasefire in Gaza must hold as aid scale‑up faces access and weather constraints; briefing covers multiple crises
Summary
UN agencies warned the fragile Gaza ceasefire must hold to protect civilians and allow humanitarian scale‑up; the briefing also provided updates on interrupted services in Hebron, clashes and displacement in Syria, attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, South Sudan fighting, and extensive flooding in Mozambique.
UN humanitarian officials told reporters that the ceasefire in Gaza — now over 100 days — is fragile and must hold to allow life‑saving assistance to reach civilians. The UN spokesperson relayed the World Food Programme’s warning that gains are precarious: the agency said it reaches more than one million people each month with food parcels, bread bundles, hot meals and school meals but called for additional safe humanitarian corridors from Egypt and Jordan and along the Saladin Road inside Gaza to raise delivery volumes and reduce insecurity.
The briefing also covered a child‑focused immunization catch‑up campaign. WHO, UNICEF and UNRWA launched a second round of routine immunizations for children under 3 with partners and the Ministry of Health; the campaign uses 170 teams, nearly 130 health facilities and seven mobile teams and runs until next…
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