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144
WFP operational update, Lebanon, 7 August 2006 http://www.wfp.org/English/
?ModuleID=137&Key=2199 (retrieved on 7 November 2006).
145
The HC underlined that the targeting of civilians and essential social infrastructure violates
international law. OCHA Situation report 15, 7 August 2006.
146
See Annex IX.
147
“WFP paralysed in efforts to reach suffering people of south Lebanon”, WFP Press Release,
Beirut, 10 August 2006 http://www.wfp.org/English/?ModuleID=137&Key=2205 (retrieved
on 7 November 2006).
148
OCHA Situation Report 8, 30 July 2006.
149
S/PRST/2006/35. Statement by the Presidential of the Security Council, 30 July 2006.
150
Suspension of aerial activity in Southern Lebanon, Jerusalem, United States Department of
State Press Statement, 30 July 2006 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/69725.htm (retrieved
on 7 November 2006). See also Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Summary of IDF activity
against Hizbollah in Lebanon, 30 July 2006 http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/Summary+of+IDF+operations+
against+Hizbullah+in+Lebanon+31-Jul-2006.htm (retrieved on 7 November 2006).
151
See for example Médecins du Monde report concerning its aborted visit to
Khiyam, in Médecins du Monde, Les conséquences du conflit de l’été 2006 sur les
conditions de vie et la santé des populations civiles du Sud Liban, 12 octobre 2006, p. 5.
www.medecinsdumonde.org/publications/rapports/rapport_liban_octobre06 (retrieved
on 7 November 2006).
152
This information was confirmed to the Commission in all hospitals it visited in the South.
153
Similarly, the body of the other woman was buried only after the ceasefire, when the LRC
reached their home.
154
“Due to the damage to the road infrastructure and ongoing military action, the ability
of the Lebanese Red Cross has been constrained.” “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).
155
“ICRC President insists on improved access to Southern Lebanon”, ICRC Press Release,
Geneva, 10 August 2006. http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/lebanon-news-100806
(retrieved on 7 November 2006). The press release also indicates the following: “In his
discussion with the Israeli authorities, Mr. Kellenberger urged that access and security for
humanitarian aid and personnel be improved. In particular, Mr. Kellenberger was extremely
concerned about the insufficient access for the ICRC and the Lebanese Red Cross to areas most
affected by the fighting. Since the early days of the conflict, the ICRC has been able to return to
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