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Lebanon: ICRC calls on fighters to respect humanitarian
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In recent weeks, intense fighting has occurred in northern Lebanon.
It resumed on 25 July.
At least 14 people have been killed and around 100 injured.
Many have been forced to flee their homes, and public infrastructure and private property have been destroyed.
The ICRC appeals to those engaged in the fighting to allow medical and humanitarian personnel to carry out their tasks and to give them unimpeded access to the wounded and those in need of humanitarian aid.
Those personnel, as well as medical vehicles and facilities, must be protected against the effects of the hostilities.
For further information, please contact:
Christian Cardon, ICRC Beirut, tel.
+961 1 739 297/8/9 or +961 70 129 869
Jessy Chahine, ICRC Beirut, tel.
+961 1 739 297/8/9 or +961 70 163
Carla Haddad, ICRC Geneva, tel.
+41 22 730 24 05 or +41 79 217 32 26
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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