The UK, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Norway also say they will take further measures if Israel fails to address the situation on the ground. Israeli forces and armed settlers guard a bulldozer reportedly operating on Palestinian lands as local Palestinian landowners (unseen) gather in protest against land confiscations near the village of Dura, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 9, 2026 [Hazem Bader/AFP] The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New...

The UN says it needs nearly $640m to help Lebanon over the next six months. The aftermath of Israeli air strikes in the Burj Shemali area near the southern city of Tyre, on June 2, 2026 [Kawnat Haju/AFP] The United Nations has doubled its call for aid to Lebanon as it bids to stem a “severe and deteriorating” humanitarian crisis brought on by four months of war with Israel. The UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said on Friday that it needs nearly $640m over the next six months. In March, as the...