Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TELAVIV3038
2006-08-03 14:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tel Aviv
Cable title:
ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO
how-tonull Carol X Weakley 08/04/2006 04:01:27 PM From DB/Inbox: Carol X Weakley Cable Text: UNCLAS TEL AVIV 03038 SIPDIS CXTelA: ACTION: POL INFO: IPSC PD IMO RES ECON DCM DAO AMB AID ADM RSO CONS DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:RJONES DRAFTED: POL:JNMILLER CLEARED: DCM:GCRETZ, POL/C:NOLSEN, ECON:WWEINSTEIN, DAO:TWILLIAMSON VZCZCTVI316 OO RUEHC RUEHXK RUEHAM RUEHLB RUEHDM RUEHGV RUCNDT DE RUEHTV #3038 2151439 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 031439Z AUG 06 FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5379 INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 0490 RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT PRIORITY 0675 RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS PRIORITY 1406 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0514 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 3833
UNCLAS TEL AVIV 003038
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR NEA/IPA AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IS PREF PGOV PHUM LE
SUBJECT: ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO
CIVILIANS
(SBU) ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Deputy
Head of Delegation Paul Conneally told the Political and
Economic Counselors August 3 that the mechanism for
deconflicting ICRC convoys and IDF attacks in Lebanon is
functioning satisfactorily in those areas where combat is not
intense. Stillhart said that the IDF has expeditiously
approved ICRC requests for access to areas where the level of
combat allows any degree of modification to deconflict
humanitarian operations. Stillhart asserted, however, that
extensive fighting across a broad swath of southern Lebanon
currently prevents ICRC from accessing the civilian
populations that most require -- and have required for three
weeks -- emergency assistance. Absent a cease-fire or major
reduction in battle operations, Conneally added, ICRC will
not be able to provide adequate relief to thousands of
Lebanese civilians who have remained in conflict zones.
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Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv
You can also access this site through the State Department's
Classified SIPRNET website.
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SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR NEA/IPA AND NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IS PREF PGOV PHUM LE
SUBJECT: ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO
CIVILIANS
(SBU) ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Deputy
Head of Delegation Paul Conneally told the Political and
Economic Counselors August 3 that the mechanism for
deconflicting ICRC convoys and IDF attacks in Lebanon is
functioning satisfactorily in those areas where combat is not
intense. Stillhart said that the IDF has expeditiously
approved ICRC requests for access to areas where the level of
combat allows any degree of modification to deconflict
humanitarian operations. Stillhart asserted, however, that
extensive fighting across a broad swath of southern Lebanon
currently prevents ICRC from accessing the civilian
populations that most require -- and have required for three
weeks -- emergency assistance. Absent a cease-fire or major
reduction in battle operations, Conneally added, ICRC will
not be able to provide adequate relief to thousands of
Lebanese civilians who have remained in conflict zones.
********************************************* ********************
Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv
You can also access this site through the State Department's
Classified SIPRNET website.
********************************************* ********************
JONES