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The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been supporting people through conflicts, disasters and emergencies for more than 150 years. Read on to discover 10 inspiring facts about one of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations

Israeli Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said: ‘We will deepen our attacks to minimise the dangers to our forces in the next stages of the war.’ This blog is now closed

Following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, volunteers such as Meltem Elmaci and specialist responders like Julia Brothwell were on the ground giving vital assistance

Israel is committed to destroying the military and governing capabilities of Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, the Israeli prime minister said.

250,000 people have fled their homes in Gaza, most crowding into UN schools

In the two weeks since floods struck the Libyan port city of Derna, the photojournalist Stefanie Glinski has been on the ground speaking to victims of the disaster alongside rescue workers struggling to deal with the devastation

Two aid flights arrive in Benghazi from Doha along with a team from the Qatar Red Crescent.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has warned that an outbreak of diseases in the country's northeast, where floods have killed over 11,000 people, could create “a second devastating crisis,” with Libyan authorities reporting the spread of diarrhea among over 100 people who drank contaminated water

Khalifa Haftar and Libyan National Army militia said to be overseeing humanitarian relief arriving in city of Derna