Working together to make Gaza safer
In the last three years, the Gaza Strip has seen around one accident caused by explosive remnants of war every month. The large number of weapons that have been leftover in the Gaza Strip conflict as well as industrially produced and stored toxic chemicals, not only present long-lasting challenges to lives and livelihoods there, but also hinder humanitarian and development efforts.
Clearing the Gaza Strip of these dangers will take many years, possibly decades. In the meantime, educating local people about the risks is crucial.
Since 2014, the ICRC has been working with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit (under the General Police Directorate of Forensic Evidence) and the Palestinian Civil Defence (PCD) to make Gaza safer for its inhabitants. In addition, to increase the safety of their staff and the effectiveness of their work, the ICRC’s Weapon Contamination team provided training in risk assessment and education and donated equipment
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Customs officers yesterday thwarted an attempt to smuggle in 700 grams of marijuana, a psychoactive drug banned in Bahrain, through Bahrain International Airport.
“The marijuana packets were concealed cleverly inside packages of masks,” officials said. Customs officials slashed opened the packets, which contained masks out of suspicion during a routine check-up by the K9 impact wing.
The drugs were neatly packed and concealed inside to avoid detection. Trafficking or even possession of marijuana is a ‘serious’ offence in the Kingdom.
Officers transferred the seized drugs to the Anti-Narcotics Department of the General Department of Investigation and Forensic Evidence for legal action.
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Supplied Dubai Police have used 3D facial reconstruction technology to generate the image of a man who was found dead at sea.
The authority is now seeking the help of the public in identifying the person, who is thought to be between 35 to 45 years old.
Officials said reconstructing the face was very challenging as the body was badly decomposed and there were no DNA samples or fingerprint to rely on. An elite team of coroners, digital forensics experts, and professionals from the General Department of Artificial Intelligence at Dubai Police worked tirelessly to compile an identikit of deceased using the latest technologies in digital facial reconstruction, said Major General Dr. Ahmed Eid Al-Mansoori, Director of the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology.