Section, primarily intended for the media, containing all ICRC news releases and operational bulletins from the field. The ICRC’s presence in conflict areas and insight into problems faced by victims makes it the essential reference on the humanitarian consequences of war. 1-7-2005
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5-1-2009 Operational update Gaza: wounded people dying while waiting for ambulances
As the number of casualties continues to rise in the Gaza Strip, the ICRC is focusing on arranging safe passage for Palestine Red Crescent ambulances, which collect the wounded and transport them to hospitals.(News) |
4-1-2009 News release Sudan: New hope for the disabled in Southern Sudan
Khartoum/Juba (ICRC) – An estimated 35,000 disabled people in Southern Sudan, including many war victims, can look forward to vastly improved access to care and support as the region's first-ever physical rehabilitation reference centre starts work in Juba.(News) |
4-1-2009 Operational update Gaza: chaos as conflict intensifies
The situation in Gaza since the Israel Defense Forces launched their ground offensive on Saturday night has become both chaotic and extremely dangerous. It is difficult for the ICRC to move around and assess the urgent humanitarian needs created by the continued shelling and bombing, and by fighting on the ground. The ground attack has forced a number of people in the north of the Gaza Strip to flee their homes.(News) |
3-1-2009 Operational update Gaza: ICRC medical team still banned from Gaza
For the second consecutive day, Israeli authorities have refused to allow an ICRC emergency medical team into Gaza. The ICRC had notified the authorities of the team’s arrival in advance, but they have been awaiting authorization to enter the Strip since Friday morning, even though the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel has been open for other humanitarian workers and foreigners to leave the Strip. (News) |
2-1-2009 Operational update Gaza: fear reigns as air strikes continue
Israeli air strikes continue to hit Gaza, resulting in further casualties, including women and children. The streets are almost empty, with the population too frightened to venture out. Most only leave their homes in an emergency, or to find food. The majority of shops remain closed, including bakeries.(News) |
1-1-2009 Operational update Gaza: humanitarian needs increase despite aid
With air strikes continuing throughout the first night of 2009, more casualties have been arriving at Gaza hospitals. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), seven civilians were killed, including one child, and 17 were injured. Further damage was reported to homes and administrative buildings, including hospitals. This morning, the streets of Gaza were largely empty.(News) |
31-12-2008 Operational update Gaza: medical needs remain pressing
The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains extremely worrying, especially in terms of the medical situation, following a fifth day of Israeli military operations. Meanwhile, Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns continued during Wednesday.(News) |
31-12-2008 News release Gaza Strip: civilians at risk as attacks continue
Geneva/Jerusalem/Tel Aviv (ICRC) – The rising number of civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel raises concerns that fundamental rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) may not be fully adhered to, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today. (News) |
29-12-2008 Operational update Gaza: hospitals struggling to cope as fighting intensifies
Amid fierce fighting the ICRC is moving swiftly to assist Gaza's hospitals, which were overburdened even before the sudden influx of casualties. The priority is to get more medical supplies to the hospitals immediately. The first ICRC truckloads of supplies entered the Gaza Strip today.(News) |
28-12-2008 News release Gaza: ICRC calls for restraint as hospitals overwhelmed by scale of emergencies
Geneva / Tel Aviv / Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned by the mounting number of casualties inside the Gaza Strip, following a series of air strikes by the Israel Defense Forces. The strikes have killed at least 275 people and left more than 950 wounded, according to Palestinian health officials. In Israel, civilians have come under attack from rockets launched from Gaza that have killed at least one Israeli and wounded several others(News) |
23-12-2008 News release Sri Lanka: ICRC staff member killed in Jaffna
Geneva/Colombo (ICRC) – A staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was killed in a shooting incident in Jaffna today. He was the father of two children and had been working with the ICRC since 1999.(News) |
19-12-2008 International Tracing Service: New director takes over
ITS (Bad Arolsen) / ICRC (Geneva) – The outgoing director of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Reto Meister, handed over official business to his successor Jean-Luc Blondel at the organization’s year-end ceremony yesterday.(News) |
19-12-2008 News release Zimbabwe: Disinfecting homes to counter cholera
Harare/Geneva (ICRC) – As people continue to die from cholera, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been broadening its response in order to prevent more people from becoming infected. Since the beginning of the week the ICRC has joined forces with health workers from Beatrice Infectious Diseases Hospital and Budiriro Polyclinic to disinfect the homes of cholera patients in the capital Harare. (News) |
17-12-2008 News release Nepal: ICRC completes renovation of jails
Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has completed renovations in Kathmandu Central Jail and Nawalparasi District Jail undertaken in cooperation with the prison authorities to improve the living conditions of detainees.(News) |
16-12-2008 News release Azerbaijan: ICRC helps restore water in conflict-affected village
Baku (ICRC) – Over 1,200 internally displaced people living near the front line in the village of Shukurbayli, in the Fizuli district of south-western Azerbaijan, now have access to clean water thanks to the rebuilding of the water supply system undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with local authorities and community members.(News) |
15-12-2008 News release Nepal: Seminars aim to enhance forensic skills
Kathmandu (ICRC) – The accurate identification of human remains will be the topic of two seminars organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) beginning 14 December at the Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu.(News) |
12-12-2008 News release Uganda: ICRC completes repair work in three prisons
Kampala (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working in cooperation with the Uganda Prison Service, has completed repairs on health facilities at Katojo prison and improvements to the water supply systems at the Ibuga and Ruimi prison farms. (News) |
9-12-2008 Operational update Democratic Republic of the Congo: despite letup in fighting, many needs remain
Recent contacts between Congolese and Rwandan officials are being followed closely by humanitarian organizations, in the hope that they will facilitate aid operations. In the meantime, the ICRC is pursuing its activities for victims of the conflict that has ravaged eastern Congo in recent months.(News) |
9-12-2008 News release Democratic Republic of the Congo: Red Cross launches campaign to reunite conflict-dispersed families
Goma (ICRC) – Although North Kivu has been relatively calm in recent days, the ordeal is far from over for families thrust apart by the armed conflict. To help them, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched a campaign to speed up identification of children separated from their parents and family reunification.(News) |
9-12-2008 News release Zimbabwe: ICRC health specialists arrive in Harare
Harare/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continues to step up its response to the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe with the arrival of two health specialists in the country.(News) |
8-12-2008 News release Rwanda: Training in humanitarian principles and values
Kigali (ICRC) – In partnership with the national centre developing ways to introduce humanitarian principles and values into new school programmes, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is organizing a training course on the Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) educational programme for 25 of the centre's senior staff. The course will be held in Kigali from 8 to 12 December.(News) |
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