A/HRC/3/2 page 139 133 The Commission was informed that the hospital in Marjayoun suffered mainly from lack of fuel and electricity. 134 On 11 August, the hospital was completely evacuated, one day after the IDF entered the city. One staff member of the hospital was killed in the convoy which left the city (see section on civilian convoys). 135 These landings occurred on 5 and 9 August. 136 First Geneva Convention, article 19; Fourth Geneva Convention, article 18; GC Additional Protocol I, article 12. A violation of this rule is considered a war crime in ICC Statute, article 8(2)(b)(ix), applicable to international armed conflicts. In cases of internal armed conflicts, the applicable rule is contained in article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and in GC Additional Protocol II, article 11(1). Its violation is considered as a war crime in ICC Statute, article 8(2)(e)(ii). 137 See: “Israel and Lebanon: ICRC gravely concerned about the plight of civilians caught up in hostilities”, Geneva, ICRC Press Release, 13 July 2006 http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-news-130706 (retrieved on 7 November 2006); “Middle East: press briefing with Pierre Krähenbühl, ICRC Director of Operations”, Geneva, ICRC Press Briefing, 19 July 2006 http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/briefing-israel-190706 (retrieved on 7 November 2006); “Lebanon-Israel: ICRC deplores increasing number of casualties and lack of respect for medical mission”, ICRC Press Release, Geneva, 12 August 2006 http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-news-120806 (retrieved on 7 November 2006). 138 According to the Red Cross standard procedure, the transfer was carried out in open space. 139 The Commission met with one staff member of the Jabal Amal hospital who said that one of the ambulance’s patients was originally suffering from a light hip injury. He was hit by shrapnel during this incident and, as a consequence, had to have one leg amputated. 140 All patients and medical staff of the hospital of Marjayoun were evacuated in this convoy. For a detailed description of this incident see section on attacks against civilian convoys. 141 Civil defence personnel are protected in international humanitarian law. See GC Additional Protocol I, article 62. 142 One ambulance, one jeep and six fire engines were destroyed; 29 vehicles/fire engines, 7 ambulances, and 8 jeeps were damaged. 143 WFP was responsible for the United Nations Humanitarian Cargo Coordination Centre in support of the entire United Nations system. The cargo Movement procedure can be found at the following link: http://www.unjlc.org/lebanon/cargo/cargomovproc (retrieved on 7 November 2006).

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