Palestine, Lebanon, Israel & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (15 July 2025) | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: Occupied Palestinian Territory Lebanon/Israel Syria/Suweida Syria/Humanitarian Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Afghanistan Nigeria Youth Skills Day Financial Contribution Briefing OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the Israeli military continues to issue displacement orders, telling Palestinians to relocate to Al Mawasi, an already overcrowded area lacking the basics for survival. This is happening obviously amid ongoing hostilities. Today’s displacement order covers approximately 9 square kilometres, encompassing 11 neighbourhoods across Gaza and North Gaza governorates, where at least 120,000 people are estimated to be residing. Civilians must be protected, including those fleeing and forced to leave through displacement orders, as well as those who remain despite those orders. Food insecurity is, as you can imagine, also worsening. On the fuel crisis, OCHA reports that Israeli authorities continue to allow the entry of limited supplies of fuel. So far, it's been a rate of about 75,000 litres per working day, with nothing allowed on Friday and Saturday and a lag of a day or two before fuel can be collected from the Palestinian side of Kerem Shalom crossing. We and our partners reiterate that hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel are critically needed every day to keep life-saving services going. Inside Gaza, planned missions by UN partners to deliver aid and services continue to face significant access challenges. Many are either denied outright or obstructed due to unpredictable and lengthy coordination procedures. The restrictive operational environment is making it increasingly difficult to deliver core humanitarian services, including food, healthcare, shelter, water, sanitation, protection and education, which is further worsening an already catastrophic situation. We reiterate our call on the Israeli authorities to allow and facilitate unimpeded and safe flow of humanitarian and commercial supplies into Gaza – swiftly and at the scale necessary to save survivors. The picture in the West Bank is also bleak. A lot had been mentioned by our colleagues in Geneva this morning, but I can tell you that in the past weeks Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. We call on Israel to immediately stop these killings, harassment and home demolitions across the occupied Palestinian territory. As the occupying power, Israel must take all feasible measures to ensure public order and safety in the West Bank. There must be thorough, independent and transparent investigations into all killings and all other alleged violations of international law. LEBANON/ISRAEL Moving north, UNIFIL peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon continue to observe a military presence and activities by Israel Defense Forces, including air violations by drones. In the past days about the Israeli airstrikes on targets in Lebanon, we are aware of reports of Israeli airstrikes reportedly targeting Hizbullah positions in the Bekaa to the east of Beirut, resulting in several casualties. We, once again, urge the parties to uphold the cessation of hostilities and refrain from any activities that may endanger civilians. And yesterday, UNIFIL peacekeepers found two unauthorized weapons caches in their area of operations, including one containing detonation wire coils and another containing mortars and anti-personnel mines. As per usual practice, these were referred to the Lebanese Armed Forces for disposal. UNIFIL emphasizes that it is committed to impartially monitor and report on violations of resolution 1701 and support the parties in fulfilling their responsibilities under Security Council resolution 1701. The UN remains committed to supporting the parties to uphold the cessation of hostilities and implement resolution 1701. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=15%20July%202025


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