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The potential human cost of cyber operations

… expert provided the example of the alleged Israeli operation to shut down the Syrian air … One expert recalled the reports that Israel used cyber means to shut down the … it carried out air attacks to destroy what Israel suspected to be the construction site …

Law and policy topic

Time does not heal the wound, it teaches you to live with it

… rest of your life. For several decades, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been wreaking … lives. Members of the Parents Circle, an Israeli-Palestinian organisation of families, … got two pairs of jeans which were then, in Israel of the early seventies, very sought …

Article

Water in Gaza: A crisis in slow motion

… as violence escalates at the border with Israel. At the same time, another major crisis … on movement of people and goods imposed by Israel and Egypt, internal Palestinian …

Conduct of hostilities: Challenges in today’s armed conflicts

… 1999 to 2005, he carried out assignments in Israel and the occupied territories, Eritrea, … precautions in air and missile warfare" , Israel Yearbook of Human Rights , Vol. 44, …

Law and policy topic

Community of Action: Sharing good practices in safeguarding medical vehicles

… Kenya Red Cross Society, Magen David Adom in Israel, Mexican Red Cross, Norwegian Red …

Article

ICRC appeal to fund its operations in 2019

… RepublicArab Republic 187.6 Iraq Yemen Yemen Israel andand thetheOccupied Territories Israel Occupied Territories Lebanon Lebanon … and responding to protectionrelated needs ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Urging …

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Voices from Within: A decade of questions racing through the minds of war surgeons in the Middle East and North Africa

… rose following a series of air strikes by the Israel Defence Forces. In all, the conflict … conflict broke out between Gaza and Israel, resulted in more than 2,000 fatalities … of protests was launched in Gaza near the Israeli border. There was violence in multiple …

Article

Fourth Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention

… urges the four States yet to join – Egypt, Israel, the Democratic People's Republic of …

Statement

The Principle of Proportionality under IHL – Launch of the ICRC International Expert Meeting Report

… event in Geneva, the ICRC's Delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories, together … Human Rights, will host an event in Tel Aviv, Israel. Helen Durham Moderator Director of …

Event

The road to reunion: For these families this is all they have

… to cross. Palestinians need permits to enter Israel. On busy days, when hundreds of people … Synenko Relatives of Palestinians detained in Israel wait at a checkpoint to cross. CC … two back to back buses, one Palestinian, one Israeli, hours of waiting at the checkpoint, a …

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