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Daily Wrap 15 April 2025

Israeli strike on hospital 'further cripples' Gaza's fragile health system An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardized already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the war-torn enclave. Read more Peace and Security World News in Brief: Relief supplies for Myanmar, invest in Haiti, child migrant deaths in Italy A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month.  Read more Humanitarian Aid UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share their recommendations to transform the world into a fairer, greener and more sustainable place.   Read more SDGs UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday.  Read more Human Rights Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November. Read more Human Rights Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.  Read more Migrants and Refugees External flow of weapons into Sudan must end, insists UN's Guterres Two years to the day since Sudan's brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian rule after the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, UN chief António Guterres insisted that the world "must not forget" the suffering of the country's people.  Read more Peace and Security

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