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21/10/2024

Children in Lebanon Are at Growing Risk of Health and Protection Issues, Including Waterborne Diseases Like Cholera, Hepatitis and Diarrhoea – UNICEF

Human Wrongs Watch

BEIRUT, 16 October 2024 (UNICEF)* – Children in Lebanon are at growing risk of health and protection issues – including waterborne diseases like cholera, hepatitis and diarrhoea – as the continued bombardment of the country increasingly disrupts and damages essential services that families rely on.

Southern Beirut suburbs following airstrikes during the first 3 days of October 2024.
UNICEF/al Mussawir – Ramzi HaidarSouthern Beirut suburbs following airstrikes during the first 3 days of October 2024.
 
At least 28 water facilities have been damaged by the conflict, affecting water supply to more than 360,000 people, primarily in the south of the country.

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21/10/2024

Israeli Army ‘Deliberately Demolished’ Watchtower, Fence at United Nations Peacekeeping Site in Southern Lebanon

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier on Sunday [] in Marwahin, in the southern part of the country.

A crater marks the impact of an explosion at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.
© UNIFIL | A crater marks the impact of an explosion at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.
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A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) “deliberately demolished” the watchtower and the fence surrounding the Marwahin site.

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