Archive for September 27th, 2024

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27/09/2024

‘Tragedy Upon Tragedy’ in Lebanon as Death and Displacement mount – UNICEF

Human Wrongs Watch

The intensity of the present conflict in Lebanon has already claimed the lives of more children per day than the 2006 conflict.

On February 22, 2024, friends of Hassan Al Durr, a 5-year-old girl killed in an airstrike, visit the aftermath of the deadly airstrike that claimed her life. Majdal Zoun, Southern Lebanon.
UNICEF/UNI561764/SánchezOn February 22, 2024, friends of Hassan Al Durr, a 5-year-old girl killed in an airstrike, visit the aftermath of the deadly airstrike that claimed her life. Majdal Zoun, Southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, 26 September 2024 (UNICEF)* – The average number of children killed per day in Lebanon this week is more than double the number of children killed per day during the country’s devastating 2006 conflict.

An estimated 400 children, or about 12 children per day, were killed during the 33-day 2006 conflict[1].

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27/09/2024

Lebanon: 90,000 Displaced in 72 Hours

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(UN News)* — A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday [], just as Israel premier Benyamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly.

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Smoke billows from a site targeted by shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita.
© UNICEF/Dar Al Mussawir | Smoke billows from a site targeted by shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita.
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Only hours earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that “hell is breaking loose in Lebanon” along the UN-patrolled line of separation, with exchanges of fire greater in “scope, depth and intensity” than previously.

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27/09/2024

Gaza: A Million Palestinians in Need of Shelter Aid Before Winter

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By the Norwegian Refugee Council*

With the amount of aid Israel is currently allowing into Gaza, it will take humanitarian agencies more than two years to deliver the kits needed to prepare tents, makeshift shelters and damaged homes south of Wadi Gaza for this coming winter, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine.

Makeshift site in Khan Younis, Gaza. Photo credit: Alison Ely / Palestine Shelter Cluster

25 September 2024 — At least 25,000 sealing-off kits, the equivalent of 25 truckloads, must be delivered per week to southern Gaza before the end of November, to meet the vast needs.

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27/09/2024

Invisible Killer: What Is Antimicrobial Resistance?

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By Eileen Travers

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A medical illustration depicts carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.
© CDC/Dan Higgins/James Archer | A medical illustration depicts carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae.
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Everyone seems to have had a family member or friend who has either gotten seriously ill or died due to acquiring an infection that did not respond to prescribed medicines, and the underlying reason was often antimicrobial resistance.

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