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class="titleblock"><div class="doctype">Section</div><div class="title">ICRC operations in the Middle East and North Africa</div><div class="description">Activities throughout the world: a country-by-country round-up of the ICRCs work in the Middle East and North Africa.</div></div><div id="toc"></div><div class="mybody"><div class="bodycontent"> <div class="hideme" id="PixCredit1">ICRC / il-e-01600</div> <div class="hideme" id="PixCaption1">Gaza, January 2009</div>  <script type="text/javascript">  </script>The ICRC remains committed to helping people who suffer from both today's violence in the region and the consequences of past conflicts. It does so through its operational activities and its efforts to promote respect for international humanitarian law (IHL). <p>The ICRC's long-standing presence in the region has allowed it to continue working throughout ongoing armed conflicts such as Iraq, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, and to intervene rapidly when new outbreaks of violence occur.<br> <br> Its activities include visiting detainees and providing emergency medical and other relief. It helps dispersed families keep in contact – for example with their relatives held in detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. <p>The ICRC urges authorities to bring national law into line with IHL treaties and include it in military and other education programmes. Throughout the region it works with the national societies and supports their work. <ul type="disc"> <li>Key data on the ICRC’s <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/appeals-keydata-011209/$File/2010_Appeals_KeyData_Final.pdf">global operational budget for 2010</a> <br/><br clear="all"/><div class="disclaimer">The country and region names used herein are intended to facilitate reference and have no political significance.</div></div> <div class="separator"></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('1', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Key document"></a>Key document<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('1.1.1', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">16-2-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-update-160210">Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory: life remains hard for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-update-160210/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The vast majority of Palestinians continued to endure restrictions on their movements. Farmers faced difficulties every day as they tried to reach their land isolated behind the West Bank Barrier and around Israeli settlements, while Palestinians separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Barrier found it particularly hard to obtain essential services, such as medical treatment. This is an update on the humanitarian situation and ICRC activities in the occupied West Bank during 2009.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">25-1-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-press-briefing-250110">Yemen: a serious humanitarian crisis in the making</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-press-briefing-250110/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The ICRC is stepping up efforts to respond to a worsening humanitarian situation in northern Yemen. Just back from a trip to Yemen where he met with tribal leaders and government authorities, Dominik Stillhart, the ICRC's deputy director of operations, explained at a press conference in Geneva how these efforts are severely hampered by security concerns.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Press briefing</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">18-6-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-news-180609?opendocument">Gaza: ICRC urges Hamas to allow captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit regular contact with his family</a><div class="dscripbk">The ICRC reiterated its demand that Gilad Shalit be allowed regular contact with his family. </div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">News release</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('2', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Annual Report"></a>Annual Report<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('2', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">27-5-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/annual-report-2008-mena">ICRC Annual Report 2008: Middle East & North Africa</a><div class="dscripbk"></div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Annual Report\2008)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Annual Report</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">27-5-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/annual-report-2008-mena-intro">ICRC Annual Report 2008: Middle East & North Africa: Introduction</a><div class="dscripbk"></div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Annual Report\2008)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Annual Report</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('3', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Feature"></a>Feature<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('3', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">2-3-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-feature-020310">Iraq: making the best of a bad situation</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-feature-020310/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">After decades of war in Iraq, many families are destitute or living in poverty. Many male breadwinners have been detained or killed or have disappeared. ICRC delegate Caroline Douilliez met with two Iraqi women, who told her how they ensure their family's survival.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">5-2-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-feature-100205">Lebanon: a mother waits for news from Yemen</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/lebanon-feature-100205/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Last July, a Red Cross message finally put Hajje Mariam back in touch with the daughter she last saw in 1982. Weeks later, all contact ceased, a bitter blow for this Palestinian refugee. Khadija left Lebanon 28 years ago at the height of the 1982 war with Israel. Now another war, this time in northern Yemen, has dashed Hajje Mariam’s hopes of seeing her again.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">6-1-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-feature-060110">Iraq: outdoors in a wheelchair</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-feature-060110/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">In Iraq thousands of people are maimed every year by a huge number of mine and other incidents. An orthopaedic centre operated by the ICRC in Erbil has been providing assistance to thousands of disabled people since 1996. </div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">8-10-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-feature-081009">Yemen: stories of women displaced by war</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-feature-081009/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Tens of thousands of Yemenis have fled the fighting of recent months. Some of them have taken refuge in schools. In Khaiwan Medina in the north of Amran governorate, five families are living in the village school. Each of them occupies one small classroom, with no toilet or window. Most people could take very little as they scrambled to escape the fighting. The ICRC has provided mattresses, stoves, tarpaulins and food. But now the families are under pressure, as the school year is starting and they are being asked to leave. Three women talk about their flight, and about life as a displaced family.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">25-9-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yeman-feature-250909">Yemen: civilians increasingly at risk as conflict intensifies</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yeman-feature-250909/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">While fighting has been intensifying over the past days in most areas in Northern Yemen and civilian lives are increasingly at risk, thousands of people are dependant on humanitarian aid. In order to survive, people often have no other choice left than to flee towards safer areas. Families on the move are lacking even the bare necessities. Pregnant women, children and elderly are among the most vulnerable. </div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">13-8-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-feature-130809">Iraq: mine victim takes a small step to a big new future</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-feature-130809/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">A new ICRC assistance programme in Iraq is helping war victims to become financially independent. Beneficiaries include people like Mohammad, who lost a limb in a mine blast in northern Iraq back in 1991.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">16-10-2008</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iran-iraq-missing-161008">Twenty years after the end of the Iran-Iraq war, tens of thousands of combatants still unaccounted for</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iran-iraq-missing-161008/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">On 16 October the governments of Iran and Iraq, together with the ICRC, signed a memorandum of understanding that represents an important step towards easing the heavy burden of tens of thousands of bereaved Iraqi and Iranian families. The document establishes a clear framework for collecting information and sharing it between the two countries, and for handing over mortal remains. These tasks will be performed jointly by experts from both countries with ICRC support.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Feature</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('4', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Field newsletter"></a>Field newsletter<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('4', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">10-2-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-newsletter-311209">ICRC activities in Iraq in 2009 – Facts and figures</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-newsletter-311209/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Iraq remains one of the ICRC's biggest operations worldwide. From its main delegation in Baghdad and other offices countrywide, the organization visits detainees, restores links between dispersed families, helps internally displaced people and residents restore livelihoods and runs health and rehabilitation projects in favour of the civilian population.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Field newsletter</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">13-8-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-newsletter-120809">Iraq: civilians without protection</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-newsletter-120809/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The ICRC delegation in Iraq seize the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions to stress that the basic rules of the law of armed conflict remain as important as ever and that Iraqi civilians must be spared the effects of hostilities. Through the testimonies presented in this newsletter Iraqi men and women explain how recent events have affected them and their families. </div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Field newsletter</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('5', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Interview"></a>Interview<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('5', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">25-11-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-interview-251109">Harvesting olives in the West Bank: not as simple as it sounds</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-interview-251109/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">In the occupied West Bank, an estimated 10 million olive trees help some 100,000 families to make ends meet. For a number of years, the harvest has been hampered by restricted access. Tom Glue, who coordinates the ICRC's economic security programme in the territory, explains.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Interview</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">22-10-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/irak-interview-221009">Iraq: the ICRC's response to recent events in Ashraf</a><div class="dscripbk">Since late July, a series of events have taken place in Ashraf, about 80 km north of Baghdad, where several thousand Iranian nationals are living. Confrontations have resulted in people being killed, injured or detained. Juan-Pedro Schaerer, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Iraq, gives us an update on the role of the ICRC.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Interview</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">28-9-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-interview-280909">Yemen: the ICRC faces increasing challenges in providing vital aid</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-interview-280909/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The welfare of civilians in northern Yemen is becoming a greater concern amid continuing conflict. According to Jean-Nicolas Marti, ICRC head of delegation in Yemen, the organization has worked for weeks under extremely harsh conditions, with severely restricted access to people in need.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Interview</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">8-6-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-interview-090609">West Bank: illegal settlements cause hardship for Palestinians</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-interview-090609/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Settler violence and severe restrictions on movement are affecting the daily lives of Palestinians in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, especially in the old town of Hebron. Matteo Benatti has been head of the ICRC's office in Hebron since September 2007. He explains the situation.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Interview</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">10-12-2008</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-interview-111208">Gaza: still no ICRC access to Gilad Shalit</a><div class="dscripbk">It has been almost 900 days since the Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, was captured by Palestinian armed factions from Gaza. To date, the ICRC's attempts to visit him and to establish contact between him and his family have been unsuccessful. Pierre Wettach, the ICRC's head of delegation in Israel and the occupied territories, explains.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Israel)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Interview</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('6', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Operational update"></a>Operational update<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('6', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">4-3-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-update-040310">Yemen: despite ceasefire, needs remain acute in north of country</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/838DZD/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Since the ceasefire concluded on 11 February took effect, the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent have been able to help people who had previously been unreachable because of the fighting.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">2-3-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-golan-update-020310">Occupied Golan: ICRC mitigates some effects of occupation</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/israel-golan-update-020310/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Life is complicated for Syrian Arabs in the occupied Golan. Even something as basic as getting apples to Syrian markets requires the intervention of the ICRC in its capacity as a neutral intermediary. In addition to maintaining this vital logistical link, the ICRC helps families either side of the separation line to keep in touch by facilitating weddings and humanitarian visits, and by acting as a courier for essential legal documents.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Israel)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">26-1-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-update-260110">Iraq: redoubling efforts to boost medical care for civilians</a><div class="dscripbk">The ICRC supports the Iraqi health-care system by supplying hospitals, providing training for medical personnel and other health workers, repairing medical infrastructure and in other ways as well. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in December 2009.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">12-1-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-update-120110">Yemen: harsh weather worsens plight of civilians in conflict zone</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-update-120110/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">As conflict rages on in northern Yemen, cold weather is further aggravating an already critical situation. The ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent are carrying on with their humanitarian activities.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Yemen)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span><span class="media"> Includes Map</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">22-12-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-gaza-update-211209">Gaza: one year after war, still no prospect of decent life</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-gaza-update-211209/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Nearly a year after the devastating three-week military operation in the Gaza Strip that began on 27 December 2008, most of the 1.5 million people in the territory are still struggling to rebuild their lives and their economy.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">3-11-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-update-031109">Israel and the occupied territories: helping people improve their lives</a><div class="dscripbk">The ICRC continues to help those who are most vulnerable by supporting health facilities, repairing water systems and launching community projects. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Israel and the occupied territories from July to September 2009.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Israel)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">21-4-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-update-210409">Lebanon: overview of ICRC activities</a><div class="dscripbk">In Lebanon, the ICRC focuses on visiting detainees, restoring family links and helping preserve or restore acceptable living conditions for civilians, the sick and the wounded.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Operational update</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('7', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Photo Collection"></a>Photo Collection<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('7', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">16-2-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-photos-160210">Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory: West Bank life in the shadows of the settlements</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/israel-photos-160210/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Life is hard for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. Restrictions on movement and violence from settlers often make it difficult to earn a living or obtain essential services.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Photos\Middle East and North Africa)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Photo Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">22-12-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-photos-211209">Gaza: the outlook remains bleak </a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-photos-211209/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Twelve months after Israel's three week offensive in the Gaza Strip, these images show that its 1.5 million people are still finding it difficult to rebuild an economy that was fragile enough even before the military operation. </div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Photos\Middle East and North Africa)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Photo Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">8-10-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-photos-081009">ICRC and Red Crescent aid displaced people in northern Yemen</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-photos-081009/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The situation in northern Yemen has deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks, with tens of thousands forced to flee the conflict zones. To meet the most urgent needs, the ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent Society are distributing food and other essentials to thousands of displaced people and the families hosting them.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Photos\Middle East and North Africa)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Photo Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">17-9-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-photos-240809">Iraq: families make their final visits to relatives detained in Bucca</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-photos-240809/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">For families who used to visit their relatives detained in Bucca, southern Iraq, the journey was always long, perilous and costly, but well worth it. Since October 2005, the ICRC had helped make the journey possible, not least by covering part of the costs. In September 2009, with the American facility at Camp Bucca set to close down, the ICRC ended its family-visit allowance programme. During the four years that the programme ran, almost 30,000 detained people received 146,000 visits from their relatives with ICRC support.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Photos\Middle East and North Africa)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Photo Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('8', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Report"></a>Report<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('8', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">29-6-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-report-260609">Gaza: 1.5 million people trapped in despair</a><div class="dscripbk">Six months after Israel launched its three-week military operation in Gaza on 27 December 2008, Gazans still cannot rebuild their lives. Most people struggle to make ends meet. Seriously ill patients face difficulty obtaining the treatment they need. Many children suffer from deep psychological problems. Civilians whose homes and belongings were destroyed during the conflict are unable to recover.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Palestine)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Report</span><span class="media"> Includes Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">15-3-2008</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-report-170308">Iraq: no let-up in the humanitarian crisis</a><div class="dscripbk">Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world. Because of the conflict, millions of Iraqis have insufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. The current crisis is exacerbated by the lasting effects of previous armed conflicts and years of economic sanctions.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Iraq)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Report</span><span class="media"> Includes PDF, Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('9', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="Video Collection"></a>Video Collection<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('9', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">17-2-2010</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/palestine-video-170210">West Bank: life on the margins for the E'beed</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-video-170210/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Stuck between an Israeli settlement overlooking their houses and a military checkpoint, the E'beeds face stringent restrictions on their movements. Access to the nearest Palestinian village for work health care and schooling is a recurrent problem. They survive without basic services, in crumbling houses. The family is expanding but they are not allowed to build new houses or even make repairs.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Video)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Video Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Video</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">29-9-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/yemen-video-180909">Yemen: relief assistance to people displaced by the conflict</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/yemen-video-180909/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">Fighting has been intensifying in northern Yemen. Often people have no choice but to flee to safer areas. The ICRC and the Yemeni Red Crescent have organized distributions of essentials household items for about 30,000 people so far. On 18 September 2009 aid was handed out in Khaiwan town.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Video)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Video Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Video</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">16-9-2009</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/iraq-video-160909">Missing persons: focus on Iraq</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-video-160909/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">During the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the ICRC registered almost 40,000 Iranian and more than 67,000 Iraqi prisoners of war. Many of them were voluntarily repatriated, but tens of thousands of soldiers remain unaccounted for today.</div><div class="listpath">(Info resources\Video)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="doctype">Video Collection</span><span class="media"> Includes Video</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></ul><script>loadcombnoanchor('10', 'list', 'list');</script><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-sections-corner_listhead/$File/corner_listhead.gif?OpenElement" border="0" width="14" height="14"><a name="More in this section"></a>More in this section<br clear="all"><script>loadcombnoanchor('10.1.1', '', '');</script><ul></a><div class="ztbk"><div class="titlebk"><div class="date">17-1-2008</div><a class="title" href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-40-years-311207">Lebanon: 40 years of ICRC presence</a><div class="listpicto"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/Web\eng\siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/lebanon-40-years-311207/$File/home_picto.gif"></div><div class="dscripbk">The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been present in Lebanon since 1967 providing assistance and protection to civilians affected by armed conflict, in close cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross Society and the Palestine Red Crescent Society.</div><div class="listpath">(The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon)</div></div><div class="infobk"><span class="media"> Includes PDF, Photo</span></div><br clear="both"/></div></div> </ul> <br> </div><div class="footerblock"><br/><a href="#top"><img alt="go to top of page" border="0" src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-Bullet-arrow_up.gif/$File/arrow_up.gif"/></a><hr/><div class="footer1"><a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/home">Home</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/sitemap">Site map</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/(PSearch)?SearchView&Query=&SearchOrder=1&SearchMax=0&style=Custo_results_search2" onclick="createCookie('multi','',-1,'web/eng/siteeng0.nsf') ">Search</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/(VSearch)?SearchView&Query=(FIELD+ContentDate<=23-03-2010+AND+FIELD+ContentDate>=13-03-2010)&SearchOrder=4&style=Custo_results_newdocs" onclick="createCookie('new','during the last 10 days',0,'web/eng/siteeng0.nsf') ">What's new</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/addresses">Contacts</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/copyright">Copyright</a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/privacy-policy">Privacy policy </a> | <a href="/web/20100323022337/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/help-rss"><img src="/web/20100323022337im_/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/icrceng.nsf/img/12-rss-rss_feed/$File/rss_feed.gif" alt="RSS" border="0" width="32" height="15"/></a></div><div class="footer2">© 2010  International Committee of the Red Cross</div><div class="footer3">23-03-2010</div></div></div><noscript><img alt="" border="0" name="DCSIMG" width="1" height="1" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100323022337im_/http://jungfrau.icrc.org/dcst9256q00000gs0wcmx6t6y_2y6u/njs.gif?dcsuri=/nojavascript&WT.js=No&WT.tv=8.0.0"></noscript></td></tr></table></body> </html>