Update on ICRC/SARC response in southern Syria. 👇 ms.spr.ly/6012snkQY

My last day of posts from Syria. Before joining the ICRC, I spent 15 years in the British Army. It sounds odd, but you’re more sheltered in the military: in the ICRC you see how conflict affects civilians. 📸12 y/o Youssef was injured by a piece of ordnance he was playing with.

📍Gaza | It is unacceptable for a health facility like Nasser Medical Complex to be damaged in a strike and for medical personnel, journalists, patients & first responders to be killed and injured. Medical facilities, civilians, journalists & first responders must be protected.

#ICRCVoices | In our latest article, Will Carmichael speaks about his work in Syria, detecting and disposing of explosive ordnance. Landmines, IEDs and other munitions litter the country: remnants of more than 14 years of conflict. icrc.org/en/article/icr…

Another night of strikes. Another night of destruction and lives lost. But no matter who, no matter where, the law is clear.

Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, warns that a mass evacuation of Gaza City is "unfeasible and incomprehensible". All civilians are protected by the rules of war, whether they leave or stay behind, and must be allowed to return home. Read more: ms.spr.ly/6015sbtSz

Words from Katharina Ritz, ICRC head of delegation in #Afghanistan 👇🧵

In July, our colleague, Rieke Hayes, spoke about what she witnessed at the Red Cross Field Hospital. After her second rotation to Gaza, here are her latest updates. 👇

“My mind is overwhelmed with all the decisions we have to make” – ICRC staff member Ahmed speaks about his experience being displaced from Gaza City to Deir al-Balah. This is the reality for thousands of civilians in Gaza.

"Atrocities are committed in plain sight, signalling the unacceptable is becoming normalised." Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, ahead of the UN General Assembly, on the need for states to act on their commitment to the rules of war. Read more 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6015sUsgP

“What I witnessed is beyond imagination…hospitals have turned into graveyards.” Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Today, our colleague, Hisham, describes some of the scenes he witnessed in Gaza City and the need for civilians still there to be protected. 👇

📍 Tel-Aviv | Two years on from 7 October, 48 people are still held captive. Their families endure relentless pain, not knowing where or how their loved ones are. The hostages must be immediately and unconditionally released - they must come home. icrc.org/en/article/two…

Two years of conflict have brought indescribable suffering to civilians in Gaza. A lasting ceasefire is urgently needed. 👇 ICRC spokesperson, Sarah Davies, speaks to BBC News (World).

Today we facilitated the safe return of 20 hostages to Israeli authorities & 1,809 Palestinian detainees to Gaza & the West Bank. We call for the continued implementation of the agreement to allow families to receive their loved ones for dignified burial. bit.ly/4qn9PIS

Hi, I’m Niamh, an Irish forensic specialist working in Ukraine with the ICRC. For the next 3 days, I'll be posting here about my work, supporting authorities in their dignified management and identification of the deceased. 📸 On the road in Ukraine.

Hi again, Niamh here. Today, I’ll tell you about the support we give to Ukrainian forensic institutions. We provide training, equipment and hundreds of thousands of DNA sample collection kits. 📸 Forensic training in Dnipro, using plastic skeletons.

I’m back for my last day of posts. Part of my job is observing the repatriation of human remains, mostly soldiers, between Russia and Ukraine. No matter what side they fought for, every death is a tragedy. 📸Me on the left (in scrubs and a mask), observing a repatriation.

"Everybody deserves their identity after death, and everybody deserves the same level of respect.” ICRC forensic specialist, Niamh Smith, spoke to RTE about her work in Ukraine supporting authorities in the dignified management and identification of the deceased.

📢#ICRCvoices | “Seeing human remains as people – not just bodies – is at the heart of forensics. It’s about protecting someone’s dignity in death.” Irish forensic specialist Niamh Smith speaks about her work in Ukraine in our new ICRC Voices article. icrc.org/en/article/icr…