The United Nations reported that 54 of its staff members had been detained by Houthi forces since 2021.
October 08, 2025
high
temporal
Cumulative count of UN staff detentions attributed to Houthi-controlled areas since 2021.
As of 2025, the United Nations estimated that 78% of structures in the Gaza Strip had been damaged or destroyed.
October 07, 2025
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temporal
UN assessment of physical destruction in the Gaza Strip resulting from the conflict.
As of 2025-10-07, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 67,160 Palestinian deaths and nearly 170,000 wounded in the war in Gaza; the ministry stated it does not differentiate between civilians and combatants and that more than half of the deaths were women and children, and the ministry is part of the Hamas-run government; the United Nations and many independent experts consider the ministry’s figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.
October 07, 2025
high
temporal
Official casualty reporting and assessments of reliability for wartime figures in Gaza.
By 2025, a growing number of experts, including experts commissioned by a United Nations body, have characterized Israel’s military offensive in Gaza as genocide, a characterization that Israel disputes.
October 07, 2025
high
temporal
Divergent expert and state assessments regarding the legal characterization of the Gaza offensive.
United Nations estimates indicate the Darfur conflict killed about 300,000 people and displaced approximately 2.5 million people.
October 06, 2025
high
statistical
Widely cited UN casualty and displacement estimates for the Darfur conflict period (2003–2020).