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The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing the dozens of hostages who remain in Gaza. It follows the release of recent videos by Hamas and other Palestinian militants showing emaciated Israeli hostages, which the UN Secretary-General called “an unacceptable violation of human dignity.” A senior UN political affairs official is expected to brief. Stay with UN News for live updates in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage. App users can follow the coverage here.

Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since then, little has changed – no aid trucks have reached the region, the nearby city of El Fasher is still under siege and food prices are four times higher than other parts of the country.

As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN official upheld the need for a political solution to the crisis in Gaza that can lead to a lasting peace between the two peoples.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 56 people had died and 132 were missing after a vessel carrying 200 migrants capsized off the coast of Shuqrah, in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate on 3 August.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling for Pakistan to halt the forcible return of Afghan refugees holding proof of registration (PoR) cards, Spokesperson Babor Baloch said on Tuesday in Geneva.