📢 The international humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) #MSF has strongly condemned the deadly Israeli attack on Palestinian civilians in #rafah and warned that the US-ISR humanitarian aid plan for #gaza is “failing catastrophically”

#un #icj #palestine #emergencyresponse #ihl #icrc

📰 Report: WAFA JUN-01 11:00 local-t

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/158004

MSF: U.S.-Israeli aid plan failing, Gaza aid used as tool for forced displacement and ethnic cleansing

WAFA Agency

Uff, hatten wir das schon im #RotKreuz-Fediverse, @wissen

Immersive Call from #ICRC:

➡️ https://ifwarcomestoyou.com/

#RedCross #TCCC #KatSchutz

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While diving into the latest #Killnet news, I stumbled upon something I wasn't aware yet -- the colloquially named Geneva Code of cyber-war. It defines the rules of engagement for civilian hackers involved in international conflicts. The rules were defined through the International Committee of the Red Cross.

I am unsure, if hacktivists are very keen in following it, but having such a convention appears to be pretty useful to minimize civilian harm.

#Ukraine #Russia #Hacking #Hacktivism #ICRC #redcross #genevaconvention

8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them - Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog

As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in armed conflicts through digital means. Sitting at some distance from physical hostilities, including outside the countries at war, civilians – including hacktivists, to cyber security professionals, ‘white hat’, ‘black hat’ and ‘patriotic’...

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#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #medicalaid / #icrc / #killings / #internationallaw / #impunity

„International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced that two of its staff members were killed in a strike on their house in southern Gaza Strip. (…) The ICRC also called for a ceasefire and for the respect and protection of civilians, including medical, humanitarian relief and civil defense personnel.“

https://uniindia.com/news/world/international-committee-of-red-cross-says-2-staff-members-killed-in-strike-on-gaza/3473621.html

International Committee of Red Cross says 2 staff members killed in strike on Gaza

Gaza City, May 26 (UNI) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced that two of its staff members were killed in a strike on their house in southern Gaza Strip.

https://uniindia.com/news/world/international-committee-of-red-cross-says-2-staff-members-killed-in-strike-on-gaza/3473621.html
Israel kills Red Cross staff. Here is the ICRC statement. Will this even be "news" where you are? #ICRC #WarCrimes #NoLimits
Ukrainian intelligence: China supplying gunpowder, chemicals, tech to Russia’s military plants

China is supplying special chemicals, gunpowder, and industrial machinery to 20 Russian military factories. — Ukrinform.

Укрінформ
Russian airstrike on Kyiv damages homes, schools, clinic, post office

As a result of a Russian air attack overnight on May 24, nine residential buildings, two schools, a clinic, 26 cars, a Ukrposhta (Ukrainian post office) branch, a boiler facility, and a power line were damaged in Kyiv. — Ukrinform.

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Russians execute two Ukrainian POWs near Pokrovsk

Law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into the execution of two more Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector. — Ukrinform.

Укрінформ

🆘 📢 The administration of Al-Awda Hospital in northern #gaza issued an urgent appeal on Friday to international organizations, calling for immediate intervention to extinguish a 🔥 fire that has been raging since Thursday in the hospital’s medicine warehouse following an ISR airstrike

The hospital called on the International Committee of the Red Cross #ICRC, the World Health Organization, and other relevant 🔵 UN bodies to take swift action.

📰 Report WAFA MAY-23

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/157672

Gaza’s Al-Awda Hospital appeals for international intervention to extinguish fire following Israeli attack

WAFA Agency

📑 The accelerating integration of emerging #technologies into armed conflict is transforming not only the tools of war, but its tactics and impact.

In this #blogpost, Ruben Stewart, #ICRC Adviser on New Technologies of Warfare, explores the drivers and implications of this transformation. He focuses on how evolving technologies and trends are influencing the conduct of hostilities and impacting the protection of civilians.

#law #ihl

🎧 w/ #audio #soundcloud

https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2025/05/22/the-shifting-battlefield-technology-tactics-and-the-risk-of-blurring-lines-of-warfare/

The shifting battlefield: technology, tactics, and the risk of blurring lines in warfare - Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog

The accelerating integration of emerging technologies into armed conflict is transforming not only the tools of war, but its tactics, geography, participants and impact. Technological developments – from commercial drones to artificial intelligence, electronic warfare to the military use of civilian infrastructure – risk undermining boundaries between military and civilian domains. These changes challenge long-held...

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