Red Cross
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Earlier today, we featured reports from the Red Cross that an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building killed at least 18 people in Aitou, northern Lebanon. Now the head of delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross is speaking to Sky News, telling us the targeted building was rented by internally displaced people.…
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The US embassy in Lebanon has told American citizens they are “strongly encouraged to depart now”. A statement on its website said that since the end of September, the US government has “added thousands of seats [on flights] in extra capacity to accommodate US citizens and their family members”. “Much of this capacity has gone…
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The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is reaching catastrophic levels, intensifying each day. UN authorities have described the enclave as “a place of death and despair” in the past three months of the conflict. Nearly 25,000 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and almost 62,500 injured, according to the Health Ministry…
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This year has seen human devastation reach an “unprecedented scale” and the “intense trauma” from the Israel-Hamas war will likely impact people for decades, a Red Cross aid worker has said. The desperate situation brought about by conflict, earthquakes and floods across various parts of the globe can leave “deep trauma and psychological impacts on…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross urged Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday to finalize arrangements for it to handle an exchange of detainees and bodies from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, after a humanitarian ceasefire agreed at the weekend. “To date we keep discussing intensely with the sides on this topic. But no meaningful agreement has…
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