Today marks one year since the escalation of hostilities erupted across Lebanon in September 2024, following almost a year of violence on the southern border that began on October 8, 2023.
The humanitarian situation in Palestine continues to deteriorate, with Gaza facing catastrophic conditions. Intensified bombardment in Gaza City and the north has destroyed health facilities, displaced hundreds of thousands, and left more than 86 per cent of the Strip under militarized zones or displacement orders.
One year since the Israeli military significantly escalated its attacks in Lebanon, victims of violations of international law are still awaiting justice and reparations, the Lebanese government has yet to grant the International Criminal Court (ICC) the jurisdiction to carry out investigations on its territory, and many residents of towns and villages in southern Lebanon are still unable to return to what remains of their homes, Amnesty International said today.
UNHCR continuously works to ensure that allegations of SEA are reported and responded to in a timely and appropriate manner, and that victims of SEA are referred to support and assistance needed in line with a victim-centred approach.
Between 31 August and 5 September 2025, Sierra Leone experienced devastating flash floods across 17 communities in seven districts including Bonthe, Kenema, Bo, Moyamba, Kono, Falaba, and Koinadugu.
The security situation in Palestine refugee camps across Lebanon remained tense during the reporting period, with sporadic incidents of armed violence as well as increased security measures maintained by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).
Families in Gaza City are facing two deadly options – stay put under increasing bombardment and siege, or follow Israeli orders to move south to camps where families are being killed in their shelters and suffer life-threatening overcrowding, starvation and diseases.
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes.
Since the fall of the former government on 8 December 2024 until the end of August 2025, around 844,000 Syrian refugees have returned to the country from abroad. The overall rate of return increased over the summer months as expected.
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 litres of drinking water in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City.
South Sudan continues to face a dire humanitarian crisis fueled by the convergence of armed conflict, mass displacement, climate-related shocks, food insecurity, recurrent disease outbreaks, and economic decline factors that together have devastated millions of lives.
On 15 September 2025, DTM field teams estimated that 58 households were displaced from Garagekh and Um Dayoga villages in Bara locality, North Kordofan due to heightened insecurity.
Famine in Gaza Governorate was declared on 22 August 2025, with over 500,000 people trapped in famine conditions, documenting 317 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023, including 119 children, by 27 August.
More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror, after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – the elderly, critically unwell, heavily pregnant or wounded.
On 20 August 2025, the Bolivian government declared a national emergency through Supreme Decree No. 5447 in response to the escalating wildfire crisis. Santa Cruz and Beni have been identied as the most affected departments.
