Archive for February 27th, 2025

27/02/2025

‘Weeks of Deadly Israeli Military Raids in the Occupied West Bank Have Turned Palestinian Communities into “Battlefields”

Human Wrongs Watch

West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies

A young girl runs through the rubble of damaged buildings after an Israeli military raid at Nur Shams refugee camp, in the West Bank in August 2024.
© UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh | A young girl runs through the rubble of damaged buildings after an Israeli military raid at Nur Shams refugee camp, in the West Bank in August 2024.
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(UN News)* — Weeks of deadly Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have turned Palestinian communities into “battlefields” and left 40,000 people homeless, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday [].
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The violence has seen exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants – and the use of bulldozers in refugee camps for the first time in 20 years which have destroyed public services, including vital electricity and water networks.

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27/02/2025

Conflict Has Turned Parts of Sudan ‘into a Hellscape’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for civilians in Sudan together with unhindered humanitarian access, as the brutal war between rival militaries approaches a second year.

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Displaced Sudanese people wait to receive food from the World Food Programme (WFP). (file)
WFP | Displaced Sudanese people wait to receive food from the World Food Programme (WFP). (file)

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