Aid convoys halted after Lebanon air raids
Friday, 4 August 2006 22:08
Waves of Israeli air strikes are reported to have destroyed three highway bridges north of Beirut, forcing UN relief agencies to cancel several aid convoys.
The Israeli air force's bombing of bridges in the Christian heartlands north of the capital cut off the main coastal highway to Syria.
Separately, the Irish Red Cross is to deliver an urgent briefing on the growing humanitarian crisis to the Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development and Human Rights, Conor Lenihan.
With up to a million people now displaced by the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, the Irish Red Cross will outline to the minister what action the Red Cross is taking in the country and what further help is needed.
Of particular concern to the Red Cross is the disregard being shown to the Geneva Conventions, especially the fourth Geneva Convention concerning the protection of civilians and the safety of medical workers.
- News At One: Conor Lenihan, Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Overseas Development & Human Rights, says he met with a number of NGOs in relation to the current humanitarian crisis
- News At One: Lara Marlowe, journalist, reports that the Israeli offensive continues to pound the southern city of Tyre
- Morning Ireland: Richard Downes in Tyre brings news of overnight developments in Lebanon
- Morning Ireland: Helen Donohue speaks to the UN spokesperson in Lebanon, Khaled Mansour, about the worsening conflict and the hopes for a UN resolution
- Nine News: Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports on breaches of human rights law in the conflict
- One News: Anne-Marie Green reports on the renewed barrage on Beirut by the Israeli army as Hezbollah fighters were reported to have killed at least three Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon
