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ICRC team meets authorities at Israeli military detention facility as part of efforts to reinstate access

News release

09-09-2026

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International Day of the Disappeared: Supporting Families of Missing Persons

News release

07-09-2026

This art piece captures the profound emotional burden of living with uncertainty about the fate and whereabouts of a loved one, compounded by the pain and dislocation of displacement.

Lebanon: ICRC facilitates transfer to Lebanon of 5 people detained by Israel

News release

04-09-2026

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Latest from the field in Middle East

Our work in Israel and the Occupied Territories: January to June 2026

Article

09-09-2026

Damaged during the conflict, the Al-Wafiya Pumping Station is a critical part of Khan Younis’s sanitation network.

Lebanon: Guide to Law 105 on the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons

Article

03-09-2026

غلاف دليل القانون 105 حول المفقودين والمخفيين قسرا

Gaza: Thousands of families suffer in uncertainty while their loved ones remain missing

Article

30-08-2026

ILOT missing

The pain of separation transcends borders and generations

Article

30-08-2026

"Missing in Syria, Separated in Korea" documentary - cover photo

The daily struggle for a dignified life continues for Palestinians in Gaza

Article

14-08-2026

يجلس إياد وحيدي، البالغ من العمر 53 عاماً، على أنقاض منزله المدمر في جباليا، بالقرب من الخط الأصفر، حيث تعيش بعض العائلات في ظروف صعبة، مع محدودية الوصول إلى الخدمات الأساسية، بما في ذلك المياه والصرف الصحي والرعاية الصحية والتعليم.

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Latest reports and publications in Middle East

Hasakeh Governorate, Al-Hol camp, hospital. Hamzah, 8, is being treated for internal foot erosion.

Syria: Evaluation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Diabetes Mellitus Programs

ICRC staff in Aleppo with a woman sitting on the ground

ICRC in Syria: Year in Review 2024

Activity Report: Iraq 2024

Activity Report: ICRC in Iraq 2024

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