Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Israel, Middle-East, Military, Palestine, Property Damage, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), tagged Air Strike, airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, gaza, gaza strip, Israeli forces, Occupied Palestinian Territory, OPT, Palestinians, Property Damage, UXO on November 30, 2010 |
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Excerpts from OPT Weekly Protection of Civilians Report: 10-23 November 2010
Date: 23 Nov 2010
Gaza Strip
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and injured ten others in incidents involving air strikes and access restrictions to land near the fence dividing Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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Posted in Cambodia, Civilian Casualties, Southeast Asia, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), tagged anti-tank, Cambodia, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Handicap International, landmine, UXO on November 19, 2010 |
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, East Asia, NGOs, Southeast Asia, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), United Nations, World, tagged Article 5, civilian injuries, cluster munitions, Laos, meeting, survivors, UXO, war victims on November 8, 2010 |
VIENTIANE, 8 November 2010 (IRIN)
Delegates from more than 100 countries are discussing the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the First Meeting of States Parties on 9 November in Vientiane, Laos, the world’s most affected country.
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Crossfire Deaths, Unexploded Ordinances, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), tagged Afghanistan, children, Civilian Casualties, Rocket, UXO on September 20, 2010 |
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan
Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:07am EDT
Reporting by Mohammad Hamed; Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Bryson Hull
Eight Afghan children were killed while playing with a rocket round left in a village on Sunday in northern Kunduz province, an official said.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Israel, Middle-East, tagged children, Civilian Casualties, gaza, UXO on January 26, 2009 |
By IRIN
TEL AVIV, 26 January 2009 – On 20 January two Palestinian children were killed by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Shaaf area, near Jabalia, east of Gaza city, highlighting a new threat to people’s lives in Gaza. (more…)
