Today's top news: Hyper-prioritized aid appeal, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Ukraine
#Hyper-prioritized aid appeal
UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritized aid appeal amid brutal funding cuts
The UN and its humanitarian partners today launched a hyper-prioritized global appeal aiming to help 114 million people facing life-threatening needs across the world.
OCHA said that in the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the hyper-prioritized plan highlights the most urgent elements within the ongoing Global Humanitarian Overview 2025. The funding requirement of these is US$29 billion.
Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that brutal funding cuts have left the sector with brutal choices. “Too many people will not get the support they need, but we will save as many lives as we can with the resources we are given,” he said.
The Global Humanitarian Overview, launched last December, covers more than 70 countries and territories with humanitarian needs, including refugee-hosting countries.
#Occupied Palestinian Territory
Hostilities claim more lives in Gaza
OCHA reports that over the past few days, attacks on civilians in Gaza have continued, including the reported killing and injury of people seeking food or other aid.
Partners working on child protection say several children were also temporarily separated from their families due to mass movements around militarized distribution points. As they were reunited with their families, partners are working to help reduce risks for children near these distribution points.
Over the weekend, telecommunication cables in Gaza were repaired, allowing Internet services to resume. That was made possible as the Israeli authorities facilitated the access of teams sent by telecommunication companies to fix damaged cables, after multiple access denials over weeks. Partners report that today, there was another outage in central and southern Gaza, after which they also coordinated urgent repairs and succeeded in restoring connectivity.
Humanitarian partners continue to warn of the risk of famine in Gaza, amid catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.
The UN Population Fund says pregnant mothers are living on a fraction of the food they need to survive. A growing number of mothers suffer from malnutrition – and one in three expectant mothers experiences a high-risk pregnancy at a time when half of essential maternal health medicines are no longer in stock.
The UN and its partners are working to provide support with whatever supplies remain available. Last week, a daily average of 200,000 meals were delivered through 44 community kitchens. Meanwhile, partners warn that prices continue to skyrocket. Last week in Gaza city, a 25-kilogram bag of four was sold for 1,600 shekels, the equivalent of US$450.
OCHA underscores that life-saving aid must reach people in need in line with humanitarian principles, and humanitarians must be allowed to do their work. More essential supplies must be allowed to enter.
Meanwhile, fuel stocks have reached critically low levels. More fuel is urgently needed for essential services, such as providing adequate supplies of water. In the south of Gaza, supplies of diesel – which are needed to operate equipment and machinery – have almost run out.
Today, Israeli authorities once again denied an attempt to coordinate the collection of some fuel supplies from Rafah. Partners are rationing the stocks they have as they continue attempting to coordinate access.
OCHA warns that humanitarian, communications and banking activities may halt very soon unless the supply of fuel resumes immediately or the UN is enabled by the Israeli authorities to retrieve available stocks from areas inside Gaza that require coordination.
Israeli authorities continue to deny many humanitarian movements within the Strip. Today, seven out of 17 attempts to coordinate such movements were denied, including for operations as critical as trucking water and removing solid waste.
On Saturday, the UN and its partners managed to collect nearly 100 truckloads from the Kerem Shalom crossing, carrying wheat flour and other food supplies. Meanwhile, the UN and its partners continue sending more supplies to Kerem Shalom, where the Israeli authorities are channeling these aid shipments. Yesterday, humanitarians sent more than 50 truckloads to the crossing – and that is just those that Israeli authorities approved, out of a longer list of supplies that the UN and its partners had submitted. Heavy restrictions still apply on what and how much may be brought in.
Meanwhile, ongoing displacement orders continue to increase people’s shelter needs and drive further overcrowding at displacement sites in Gaza. For more than 100 days, the Israeli authorities have banned the entry of any shelter materials. OCHA stresses that these materials require frequent replenishment, as they wear out quickly or may be left behind when people are forced into renewed displacement.
#Sudan
Fighting, insecurity drive displacement in Darfur and Kordofan
OCHA is alarmed by the situation in parts of Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, where civilians continue to flee ongoing conflict and widespread insecurity. Meanwhile, funding shortfalls and access challenges are putting major pressure on response efforts.*
Some 12,300 people were newly displaced in North Darfur, South Kordofan and West Kordofan between 10 and 14 June, according to the International Organization for Migration.
This includes an estimated 1,000 people who fled Abu Shouk displacement camp and Al Fasher town in North Darfur due to insecurity and worsening economic conditions. The displaced people reportedly relocated to other parts of Al Fasher, as well as to Tawila locality, where the UN and partners on the ground have scaled up support for new arrivals in recent months.
In South Kordofan, nearly 11,000 people were displaced from 10 villages in Al Qouz locality between 12 and 14 June. This is in addition to the more than 9,000 people previously displaced in the same area on 29 May. Most have moved to locations in Sheikan locality in North Kordofan, while others have sought refuge within South and West Kordofan.
OCHA underscores that civilians must be protected, whether they seek to leave the area or choose to remain. Once again, OCHA calls for unfettered humanitarian access so that people in need can secure the essentials for their survival.
*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Sudan with urgent support.
#Ukraine
Donetsk, Kherson regions hardest hit by recent attacks
OCHA reports that ongoing attacks across Ukraine continue to cause civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure, including humanitarian and energy facilities.
Between 13 June and this morning, authorities reported that attacks across the country killed 11 civilians and injured more than 40, with the Donetsk and Kherson regions most impacted.
Authorities also report an intensification of strikes in Zaporizhzhia City in the south-east, where drone attacks on 14 June injured four civilians and police officers, and damaged two dozen apartment buildings.
Authorities in Zaporizhzhia report that a warehouse belonging to an international NGO and its national partner was hit on 14 June, destroying food, water, emergency kits, generators and other aid. No casualties were reported.
National organizations – supported by the UN and its humanitarian partners – are mobilized and providing aid, including emergency shelter materials and psychosocial support.
Since January 2025, some 145 humanitarian organizations provided at least one type of humanitarian assistance to 285,000 people in the Zaporizhzhia region. A major focus was on the support of water and wastewater systems, which remain affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka water reservoir in June 2023. Other priorities include food aid, healthcare, agricultural support and cash assistance.
During a visit to the region last week, Humanitarian Coordinator Matthias Schmale and UN representatives discussed further humanitarian support and early recovery efforts, including psychosocial services for children and education amid ongoing hostilities.