Beirut / Geneva (ICRC) – The International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on all those involved in the current armed clashes taking place in Bab Tebbaneh, Jabal Mohsen and Kobbeh to spare the population and facilitate evacuation of
all the wounded.
In recent weeks, intense fighting has occurred in northern Lebanon.
It resumed on 25 July.
At least 14 people have been killed and around 100
injured.
Many have been forced to flee their homes, and public infrastructure and private property have been destroyed.
The ICRC appeals to those engaged in the fighting to allow
medical and humanitarian personnel to carry out their tasks and to give them unimpeded access to the wounded and those in need of humanitarian aid.
Those personnel, as well as medical
vehicles and facilities, must be protected against the effects of the hostilities.
For further information, please contact:
Christian Cardon, ICRC Beirut, tel.
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