Insecurity Insight identified 622 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care in Sudan since fighting started between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023 and 16 July 2025
Casualty numbers have been provided by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Israeli authorities. The fatality breakdowns currently cited are those that the MoH in Gaza has fully identified as of 31 July 2025 out of the higher number of casualties they report.
Humanitarian access due to roadblocks, insecurity and other impediments to As-Sweida remains constrained, hampering the ability of humanitarians to assess need and to provide critical life-saving assistance.
In June 2025, WFP assisted an estimated 3.6 million people across all activities. Of those assisted, 1.6 million people were in famine and risk of famine (RoF) areas in Sudan.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the abduction of a Ministry of Health (MoH) staff member from an MSF ambulance in South Sudan’s Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, at around 10:00 am on 25 July 2025.
The humanitarian community calls for the hyper prioritization of the Humanitarian Response Priorities to be complemented by strengthened advocacy and resource mobilization efforts for new and additional funding resources in support of the response, particularly at this critical time.
As of 30 June 2025, UNHCR Lebanon had received just 22 per cent of its required funding, with little visibility on funding projections in the coming months.
Today’s violent incident comes despite assurances from Israeli authorities that humanitarian operational conditions would improve; including that armed forces will not be present nor engage at any stage along humanitarian convoy routes.
This morning, Monday 21 July, the Israeli military launched a ground invasion of the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Thousands of displaced people are living in this area including Medical Aid for Palestinian (MAP) staff.
WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah in Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse.
Following a week-long pause on truck movements due to security and access concerns, WFP resumed truck movements into Gaza on 25 June. WFP aims to deliver 2,000 mt daily across both northern and southern Gaza.
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed so far this year in Sudan while seeking health care or visiting loved ones in hospital, with attacks on hospitals nearly tripling after two years of conflict [1] and exacerbating a cholera outbreak, Save the Children said.
Since the start of 2025, 493 EO incidents took place across Syria resulting in 390 deaths including 108 children and the injury of 536 civilians including 205 children.
Thanks to support from the OCHA-managed Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund, 20,000 children have received educational services and psychological care, as well as access to accessible schooling.
Due to safety and security concerns, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to permanently close its hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State, as well as withdraw its support to 13 primary health facilities in the county.
The ICRC is extremely worried about the evacuation orders around the Nasser Medical Complex (NMC). NMC is indispensable to the health system in Gaza – no other medical facilities can take in patients who need specialized care. It is critical that it remains open and accessible to medical personnel and patients.
On June 10, 2025, the European Commission formally moved Lebanon into its “high-risk” category for money laundering and terrorist financing, a stark signal that, despite years of incremental reforms, the country’s AML/CFT safeguards still fall short of global expectations.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) calls for the immediate protection of Nasser Hospital and the hundreds of patients and healthcare workers inside, as Israeli military attacks nearby and forced displacement orders threaten to force the hospital completely out of service.
