UN aid official Ramiz Alakbarov visited a Gaza dumping site on Tuesday, warning that waste accumulating near shelters is increasing disease risks, especially for displaced families in overcrowded conditions.
In Khan Younis, teams are spraying pesticides and clearing rubble at a school-turned-shelter to reduce insect and rodent spread, but severe shortages of equipment are limiting efforts to contain public health threats.
Meanwhile, drone attacks and escalating fighting across Sudan are worsening humanitarian needs. In North Kordofan, aid groups have reached around 85,000 people with water and sanitation support, while in South Kordofan, nearly 88,000 have received similar help.
OCHA warned that civilians remain at grave risk as fighting intensifies in Dilling, where six people were killed on Tuesday, and in Darfur, where repeated drone attacks were reported in El Geneina and Nyala.
In Ukraine, a World Food Programme truck delivering food to frontline communities was struck by a drone in the Dnipro region, injuring the driver. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator called the strike unacceptable.
Attacks across Ukraine over the past day killed nine civilians and injured nearly 40 others. Authorities announced mandatory evacuation of families with children from high-risk areas near Nikopol and Marhanets. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission warned that civilian casualties in the first four months of 2026 have exceeded the same period in any of the previous three years, with at least 238 killed and 1,404 injured in April alone.