World News in Brief: Gaza braces for winter amid attacks, joint patrols in CAR, 90 cities commit to sustainable development

The UN and its partners are stepping up preparations in Gaza for the approaching cold and rainy season, even as attacks affecting civilians continue, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.Over the past two days, partners recorded multiple airstrikes, as well as shelling, demolition blasts, naval fire and shooting across all of Gaza’s governorates, particularly west of the so-called “yellow line” established by Israeli authorities.Humanitarians brought in additional fuel, plastic tarpaulins, winter clothing, medicines and medical supplies, but OCHA said these limited items were insufficient to meet people’s needs. Deliveries remain constrained by underfunding and Israeli restrictions, including bans on some partners’ operations, limits on imports such as engine oil and spare parts and restricted access to more than 64 per cent of Gaza’s land.Meanwhile, the UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory condemned an Israeli raid on Tuesday on premises in Al Bira, Ramallah, which Israeli forces claimed were the offices of two Palestinian civil society organizations, Addameer and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committee.Sold...