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Daily Wrap 2 October 2025

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. Read more Humanitarian Aid Increasing violence and funding cuts imperil millions across Haiti Rising violence by gangs in Haiti's capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday. Read more Peace and Security Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan's El Fasher face the imminent risk of large-scale atrocities, as fighting intensifies around the regional capital of North Darfur, besieged for more than 500 days by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. Read more Peace and Security Philippines earthquake: UN pledges support as Cebu death toll rises to 72 Hospitals are overwhelmed and families are sheltering in the open after a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake tore through northern Cebu in the Philippines, killing at least 70 people and displacing more than 20,000, according to local authorities and humanitarians on the ground. Read more Humanitarian Aid Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue Thursday's terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, which left at least two worshippers dead on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General. Read more Peace and Security The Syria prison survivor seeking justice for the missing When the gates of Syria's notorious Sednaya prison opened soon after the fall of the Assad regime last December, graffiti scrawled on the walls offered a frightening glimpse into what was widely known as the "human slaughterhouse". "First day, severe beating," one prisoner wrote. Read more Human Rights

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