Overview

• The ongoing war in Gaza, now in its 150th day, has been described as a 'powder keg' by UN human rights chief Volker Turk, with potential to ignite a wider conflict.
• Military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, along with other armed groups in Lebanon, has been labeled 'extremely worrying' by Turk.
• Cross-border exchanges of fire have resulted in dozens of deaths, displacement of tens of thousands, and destruction of vital infrastructure.
• More than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks, while attacks by Hamas inside Israel have killed 1,139 people.
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted ships in protest against the war on Gaza, disrupting global maritime trade and impacting developing countries.