UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Friday that UNICEF is handling allegations against a senior staff member accused of secretly sharing confidential UN information with Israeli diplomats while working for another UN agency.

Asked whether Lichner’s leave was with or without pay, whether Secretary-General Antonio Guterres or his Cabinet had been consulted, and whether the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) was investigating, Haq said he could not provide further details.

“If true, such actions would be inconsistent with staff obligations under the UN Charter, the staff regulations and the standards of conduct for the international civil service, all of which emphasize that the responsibilities of staff are international, not national, and which call for the independence and impartiality of the staff of the UN,” he added.

https://t.me/WarfareAnalysis/211629

[RT]

Jerafi, a member of the 920th Infantry Battalion of the 769th Brigade, documented his deployment to Gaza and to southern Lebanon and his direct involvement in the unlawful destruction of civilian property. The complaint alleges that Jerafi committed war crimes and acts of genocide, as well as incited others to commit genocide.

[RT]

A Palestinian girl wounded by Israeli army fire is transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

[V]

The United Nations’ World Food Programme is finalizing a five-year renewal of its contract with US data software firm Palantir despite “key privacy concerns” raised in a leaked 2025 internal audit. The audit, seen by PassBlue and FRANCE 24, reveals UN misgivings about allowing Palantir to process data for the world’s largest humanitarian supply chain.

The World Food Programme (WFP) manages one of the biggest biometric databases in the world.

To help the WFP track humanitarian aid and manage its supply-chain data, Palantir developed the Digital Operations and Transformation System (DOTS).

A cyberattack on the Rome-based agency in May exposed sensitive data on thousands of aid beneficiaries in Gaza, underscoring concerns about data protection. However, the WFP said the attack was limited to its Self-Registration Application for Palestine, where displaced people can sign up for aid, but which has “no direct connection” to Palantir software.

A new report (attached) by independent researchers Tina Indrani Mason and Rose Worden for the “Tech for Bad” initiative says the WFP is still “investing heavily” in DOTS and warns of a “contravention of UN principles.”

Entitled “Palantir and the World Food Programme: The egregious partnership at the heart of the world’s largest humanitarian supply chain,” the report describes the UN’s partnership with Palantir as “a clear conflict of interest and a grave abdication of ethical responsibility.”

Despite the misgivings, a WFP spokesperson said the agency is set to renew its contract with Palantir.

[RT]

MS NOW spoke to a dozen family members who say they are extremely concerned with the morale, safety and conditions on the ship. They described a crew straining under the demands of an unexpectedly long deployment, as President Donald Trump continues to extend his military campaign against Iran with no clear end in sight.

Families of the sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are sounding the alarm that their loved ones are so exhausted they fear it could lead to deadly mistakes, as the carrier enters its ninth month at sea and its fifth consecutive month of combat operations against Iran.

[RT]

In ‌an interview with the BBC, Hunter Biden, son of tormer U.S. President Joe Biden, said that his father's prostate cancer has spread beyond his bones and is very painful.

[RT]