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Daily Wrap 19 March 2025

Gaza: 'Dramatic escalation' as bombardments intensify and displacement surges Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities.  Read more Peace and Security Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of Ukrainian detainees and soldiers allegedly committed by Russian forces, as a high-level independent probe into Russia's full-scale invasion delivered its latest mandated report in Geneva. Read more Human Rights Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti's capital In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, marking another grim record in the country's worsening humanitarian crisis. Read more Peace and Security UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several very severely – following an explosion at two UN guesthouses in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Read more Peace and Security Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse An increase in attacks on media outlets in Haiti by armed gangs which control most of the capital Port-au-Prince is intended to intimidate journalists and instill chaos according to the UN agency for culture, UNESCO. Read more Peace and Security

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