Today's top news: Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Mali, Ukraine, Federated States of Micronesia
#Lebanon
Aid groups deliver millions of meals as displacement crisis drags on
OCHA reports that the situation in Lebanon remains fragile and volatile, despite the ceasefire.
Continued demolitions, shelling and airstrikes continue to disrupt daily life for civilians, particularly in southern Lebanon, increasing uncertainty for many families about whether it is safe for them to return home. As of today, more than 115,000 displaced people remain in collective shelters across the country.
According to authorities, some 50,000 housing units were completely damaged, leaving many people without homes to go back to, especially in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Although more than 140,000 displaced people have been reached with psychosocial support and other protection help, partners say that women and girls continue to be at risk.
Humanitarian partners continue to reach people where and when they can. As of today, they have distributed more than 7 million hot meals, nearly 100,000 meal boxes and 26,500 food parcels, as well as over 117,000 mattresses and nearly 93,000 hygiene kits. Nearly 225,000 displaced people have received medical consultations.
The Lebanon Flash Appeal is just one third funded, with US$103 million received of the $308 million required.
#Occupied Palestinian Territory
Aid worker killed in Gaza, bringing toll to nearly 600
OCHA reports that yesterday an aid worker was shot and killed in Gaza.
Partners from the NGO Ard El Insan, where he worked, said in a social media post that he was killed next to his workplace and during working hours. This NGO provides medical services with support from the Humanitarian Fund, which OCHA manages on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator. The NGO says it has suspended services while a security assessment is underway.
As of last week, OCHA had recorded the killing of 589 aid workers in Gaza since October 2023.
OCHA indicates that over the last week, partners leading on emergency shelter took about 34,000 mattresses and 19,500 blankets into Gaza, for further distribution. Between 22 April and last Saturday, they delivered tarpaulins, plastic rolls, bedding kits, and clothes to more than 3,200 households.
Over the past week, partners leading on protection provided services to more than 20,000 people across Gaza. More than 10,000 of them were provided with mental health and psychosocial support, while other services included case management, legal assistance, and tailored support for persons with disabilities.
In the West Bank, OCHA reports that settler attacks against Palestinians continue, causing casualties, property damage and displacement. Since the start of 2026, and as of last Monday, about 680 settler attacks have been recorded in over 200 Palestinian communities, resulting in the full displacement of nine communities.
Today, OCHA released a map that shows the impact of settler attacks on Palestinians between 2023 and 2025. That period recorded more than 4,500 settler attacks resulting in 50 Palestinians killed and over 4,600 injured in the attacks by settlers or Israeli forces; and more than 3,900 Palestinians displaced due to settler attacks and access restrictions.
The overall number of communities fully displaced by settler violence and related access restrictions since 2023 now stands at 45.
OCHA reiterates that Israel, as the occupying power, has an obligation to protect the Palestinian population. Conduct harming civilians should be assessed to determine whether violations have occurred. Perpetrators of violations must be held accountable in line with international humanitarian law.
*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Gaza and the West Bank with urgent support.
#Sudan
Drone attacks raise risks for civilians, relief operations
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and OCHA condemn an attack that hit an aid truck in North Darfur, Sudan.
On Friday, a UNHCR truck carrying emergency shelter kits came under attack by a drone while transiting through the town of Umm Drisaya.
The driver escaped unhurt, but all the supplies were destroyed in the ensuing fire.
The truck was heading to Tawila, where 700,000 people have sought safety after fleeing fighting in other parts of Darfur.
UNHCR will continue its work in Sudan to reach displaced people – including nearly 9 million people displaced within the country's borders and more than 860,000 others who have fled across borders.
On Saturday, a drone reportedly caused casualties in residential neighbourhoods in El Obeid city in North Kordofan State. According to the local medical group Sudan Doctors Network, seven people were killed and over 20 were injured.
OCHA reiterates that civilian infrastructure must never be targeted, and all parties must ensure rapid and unhindered humanitarian access.
Elsewhere, in Blue Nile, a recent assessment by humanitarian partners has revealed a worsening humanitarian situation across many displacement sites driven by overcrowding, the lack of privacy, inadequate shelter, poor sanitation and escalating risks of gender-based violence, among other threats.
The Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, last week visited Ed Damazine, the capital of Blue Nile State, spotlighting how funding gaps, insecurity and other access constraints are holding aid organizations back from scaling up their operations.
The Sudan Humanitarian Fund has allocated more than $14 million to support the response in Blue Nile, to support the provision of cash assistance, food, shelter services, protection help, clean water and hygiene kits.
*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Sudan with urgent support.
#Mali
Underfunding compounds severe humanitarian situation
OCHA reports that the situation in Mali remains severe, driven by escalating insecurity, blockades and access constraints.
Before this latest crisis, some 6.4 million people needed humanitarian aid, while 1.5 million people faced acute food insecurity.
Aid operations were already facing challenges arising from insecurity, fuel shortages and disease outbreaks.
The response is also critically underfunded, with only 13 per cent – $76 million – of the $578 million Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan received to date.
#Ukraine
Three aid workers killed, five injured in past month
OCHA reports that over the past week, at least three drone strikes hit humanitarian vehicles in the city of Kherson, Ukraine. Two incidents involved the same local NGO, while another affected a different organization delivering food. Several aid workers were also injured.
Across Ukraine, in the first three months of the year, at least three aid workers were killed and five were injured, according to humanitarian partners.
Meanwhile, intensified hostilities over the weekend through this morning caused nearly 130 civilian casualties and widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, with the regions of Dnipro and Odesa among the most affected.
The weekend’s attacks also led to casualties and damage in the regions of Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Kyiv and Sumy, affecting homes, schools, transport and energy infrastructure.
Humanitarian partners are providing psychosocial support, hot meals and repair materials, alongside first responders.
Civilians continue to be evacuated from front-line areas. This weekend, some 1,900 civilians – including more than 360 children – were evacuated from front-line areas in Donetsk, with the support of humanitarian organizations and local authorities.
*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Ukraine with urgent support.
#Federated States of Micronesia
Aid scale up in wake of catastrophic Super Typhoon Sinlaku
OCHA reports that the UN and its partners are supporting the Government to help people in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, which caused catastrophic damage in parts of the country earlier this month.
Humanitarian partners are providing food, clean water, hygiene support and shelter supplies, among other life-saving assistance. The UN has deployed an expert team to help respond to environmental damage.
Chuuk, the most populous state in the country, was hardest hit, with nearly 70 per cent – or more than 34,000 people – affected by the typhoon. Nearly 3,000 homes there were damaged or destroyed, driving over 4,200 people to seek shelter elsewhere.
Access to communities in remote and outer islands is difficult, with limited and costly fuel adding to the challenge.
Humanitarian partners also urgently need more funding to ensure they can reach all people impacted by this super typhoon.