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IOM: Over 90,000 People Displaced in Lebanon

CrossFireArabia
September 26, 2024

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its latest Mobility Tracking displacement update showing at least 90,350 people have become newly displaced since 19 September, following the latest military escalation in Lebanon.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, nearly 600 people have been killed, including 50 children, and approximately 1,700 injured, since Monday.

Deeply alarmed by the military escalation in #Lebanon, which claimed hundreds of lives, incl women & children.

Protection of civilians, infrastructure, & welfare must be respected in line with IHL. IOM is on the ground, working with partners to address urgent needs. pic.twitter.com/PRUQ2mFe7m
— Amy Pope (@IOMchief) September 24, 2024

IOM Director General Amy Pope, speaking from the United Nations General Assembly in New York reiterated a call for diplomacy, peace and de-escalation.

“We are deeply alarmed by the military escalation in Lebanon, which has claimed hundreds of lives, including women and children.” DG Pope said. “The welfare of civilians and protection of related infrastructure must be respected, in line with international humanitarian law and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 which calls for peace and stability in the region.”

IOM is working with government authorities and partners to address immediate humanitarian needs. It is responding with the delivery of assistance, services, and protection to internally displaced persons by supporting local authorities and partners.

The Organization is distributing essential relief items to internally displaced persons and host families, and protection services, including psychosocial support services. In close coordination with the Government of Lebanon, IOM provided 1,350 mattresses, blankets, and pillows in the past 48 hours to individuals sheltering in schools and other buildings that have been converted into shelters for displaced families.

Since October 2023, IOM has delivered lifesaving medicines and supplies to Ministry of Public Health hospitals and health centres across the south, prepositioned vital equipment and more recently, provided logistics support the Ministry’s primary warehouse facility.

The United Nations said Wednesday that some 90,000 people had been displaced in #Lebanon this week amid the ongoing aggression and relentless IDF strikes. Since Monday, the UN's International Organization for Migration has recorded "90,530 newly displaced persons", a statement… pic.twitter.com/hWxi0gpPaW
— KUWAIT TIMES (@kuwaittimesnews) September 25, 2024

“Our teams are on the ground, working tirelessly alongside our government counterparts and local partners to deliver vital humanitarian support to those who need it most. We are committed to scaling up our response to meet the growing needs faced by so many across Lebanon” said Mathieu Luciano, IOM’s Head of Office in Lebanon.

Prior to the recent displacement across Lebanon, the country was already in the grips of a protracted political and socio-economic crisis, with more than 3.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

In support of the Government of Lebanon, IOM is scaling up its critical humanitarian support to ensure the needs of displaced populations and host communities are met.

Reliefweb

News

Israel Must Provide Info of 88 Bodies It Left in Khan Yunis Street

CrossFireArabia
September 26, 2024

It is regrettable that Israel turned over the bodies of 88 dead Palestinians in a container without providing any information about who they were, where they were found, when they died, or how they died.

Upon the bodies’ arrival in such condition, the Gaza Ministry of Health declared that it would halt the container’s delivery process until all necessary data and information about the bodies were obtained in order to identify their identities.

The “container” holding the dead bodies was left in one of Khan Yunis’s streets. This is a grave violation of the rights of the dead people and their families, as well as a catastrophic situation that could result in a health catastrophe.

🧵Today Israel sent to Gaza a truckload of 88 dead decomposing bodies without any autopsy reports or information about their identity & how, where or when they were killed

Israel is systematically violating the human dignity of the dead & exacerbating their loved ones' suffering pic.twitter.com/hSqIKUZSr9
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) September 25, 2024

Urgent international intervention is needed to open a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of these Palestinians, identifying them, and returning their human remains to their families so they can be buried with dignity.

All pertinent international parties have an unavoidable international duty to carry out these investigations in compliance with international standards.

Under international law, specifically international humanitarian and human rights law, Israel must respect the dead and their remains and take all legal procedures to identify them, including documenting and sharing as much information as possible.

In addition to working with the Israeli occupation to identify and provide information about the victims, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, the World Health Organization, and the Red Cross must move quickly to begin the burial process. This will stop the victims’ mistreatment and violation of their human dignity.

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor

Uncategorized

Israel Kills Six People And a Baby

CrossFireArabia
September 26, 2024

Israel warplanes have killed six displaced civilians, Wednesday, in their war on Lebanon that started last week. Among them was a baby.

Uncategorized

Israel Kills Entire Family in Tyre

CrossFireArabia
September 26, 2024

Maya was a 23-year-old Lebanese engineer. Maya was getting married next month. But Israel killed her and her entire family by dropping a bomb on their home in Tyre, South Lebanon.

Maya was a 23-year-old Lebanese engineer.

Maya was getting married next month.

But Israel killed her and her entire family by dropping a bomb on their home in Tyre, South Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/a8wJH8SR5W
— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 25, 2024

Analyses

Duwairi: Israel Not in Position For ‘Ground War’

CrossFireArabia
September 25, 2024

Military expert Major-General Fayez Al-Duwairi said the Lebanese Hezbollah’s bombing of the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv is a qualitative but a disciplined shift so that things do not develop into a large-scale ground battle both sides are trying to avoid so far.

Earlier Wednesday, Hezbollah announced targeting the Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of Tel Aviv with a “Qader I” ballistic missile, in a precedent move since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip about a year ago.

The party stated it targeted Mossad headquarters because it “is responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up communication devices.”

According to Al-Duwairi, the party did not target Tel Aviv directly but rather targeted a military headquarters responsible for blowing up the pagers, which means it is an operation similar to the assassinations carried out by Israel in the Beirut suburb.

Therefore, he believes that the targetting does not mean bringing Tel Aviv into the unfolding battle, saying current Israel’s operations in Lebanon do not aim to destroy the suburb randomly. He added this reflects the keenness of both parties not to escalate in a way that leads to an open ground war, even if the comprehensive war is already underway.

No ground war yet

He explained the ground operation is the missing part of the comprehensive war between the two sides, suggesting Israel will continue to maintain this situation for another period in the hope of breaking Hezbollah’s will and subjecting it to its dictates.

He said Israel is using the Gaza Strip approach in Lebanon, but warned that the military solution will not be achieved and that Hezbollah will not retreat beyond the Litani River as Israel wants.

Al-Duwairi described Hezbollah’s operations as a war of pressure on the Israeli economy and society and not a war of attrition, noting the latter is based on targeting the civilian and military dimensions and that will only be completed through a ground confrontation.

He expected that a ground war would only break out if Netanyahu felt that the current pressure would not force Hezbollah to retreat. However, he pointed out that Israel previously remained in the Litani area for 20 years and was forced to leave due to the Lebanese resistance.

Hezbollah must rely on itself

He said the situation in southern Lebanon is completely different from Gaza, noting that Hezbollah will not deploy its forces on every square meter but will rely on the combat contracts that will grant it the desired victory in the end, because a ground confrontation means great losses for the occupation army.

Regarding Hezbollah’s strengths in a ground war, Al-Duwairi said they are represented in its ability to manage the battle and activate the unity of the arenas in Yemen and Iraq in an effective manner and not symbolically as is the case now according to Al Jazeera.