This is an valuable addition to the wider debate on toxic remnants of war from conventional munitions by Hanna Homestead, particularly in the light of war in #Gaza and #Ukraine and possible lingering environmental risks from millions of rounds fired

The environmental reverberating effects of the destruction in #Gaza is posing additional humunitarian burdens on the war-torn society, as clearly demonstrated by the documentation from local authorities.

With over 37 millions tons of debris in #Gaza , damages to water infrastructure and agricultural areas, Palestinians are also facing the wider chronic and long-term health and environmental consequences of the bombings. We spoke with Reporterre | Le média de l'écologie on this

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New: Bellingcat and Scripps News followed one IDF battalion’s movements across Gaza, geolocating their social posts to highlight IDF involvement in systematic destruction of Palestinian land and livelihoods: bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Just out!
#Sudan Humanitarian Update
· 17.7M people are facing acute food insecurity under a warning of potential famine by FEWS NET
· 8.7M people have fled their homes in one year
· 4.9M people are malnourished

Read more here: bit.ly/4d63MSa

🆕With ongoing shelling and bombing by Russia of urban areas in #Ukraine , a new PAX for peace report outlines the reverberating environmental impacts of #explosiveweapons through the lens of six cities and in-depth risk analysis.
Here's a thread 1/x🧵
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Against the backdrop of states discussing the implementation of the political declaration on EWIPA in Oslo, PAX for peace published a new report on environmental impact from #explosiveweapons in Ukraine 👉 shorturl.at/pvDI0 Wim Zwijnenburg Iryna Nikolaieva

Our new report 'After the Blast', announced by Iryna Nikolaieva during the #ProtectionForum24 , looks at the environmental risks associated with explosive weapons use in Ukraine.

🧵: paxforpeace.nl/news/russias-d…

Session 1 of the #ProtectionForum24 is moderated by Cesar Jaramillo on “Civilian Harm and Current Contexts”.

President of PRCS, Dr Younis Al-Khatib remarks that “the impact is huge. You’re better off dead than alive in Gaza.”

Iryna Nikolaieva shares “we can see enormous environmental consequences produce by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.”

#ProtectionForum24

People trying to tap into an oil pipeline to Homs in #Syria died after the pipeline exploded, cause a huge fire. Quick multi-source verification of the incident with publicly available satellite imagery

Iranian Qeshm Fars Air cargo B747 [EP-FAB] made at least six flights from Bandar Abbas to Port Sudan and back to Tehran on 7 and 12 Dec 2023 and 8, 16, 23 and 30 Jan 2024 parts of which were tracked by various flight tracking services (eg flightaware.com/live/flight/EP…)

Iran is one of the major weapons exports to #Sudan including a variety of #drones , fueling the ongoing war. We spoke with Arab News 's Will Lowry on the recent arms shipments, with also thanks to Samir for tracking air traffic
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