According to the report, in 77 percent of the cases, the perpetrator was a state actor, with Israel and Russia at the top.
Last In 2018, more civilians were killed or wounded in the violent use of explosive weapons than in a decade, according to a recent British study. According to the report, in up to 77 percent of the cases, the perpetrator was a state actor, with Israel and Russia at the top.
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) based in London the report according to the report, the deaths caused by the explosions were dramatically increased – about a third of all cases – by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Russian attacks in Ukraine and the conflicts in Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia also increased civilian deaths.
The report According to In total, violent explosions killed at least more than 15,300 civilians around the world last year.
While in 2022 the organization counted more than 4,300 violent explosions around the world, last year there were more than 7,300. Explosive weapons were used more, especially from the air, but the use of explosive weapons used from the ground also increased. The use of homemade bombs also increased by about a third.
The report according to which civilian deaths were increased especially by attacks on cities. When cities were attacked, up to 90 percent of those killed or wounded were civilians.
“The increased and indiscriminate effects of violence (using explosive weapons) that we witnessed in 2023 are not just statistics. They are crushing realities that destroy communities and leave lasting scars on societies. Our data highlight a distressing trend of increasing civilian casualties and underscore the need for international action to address the root causes and consequences of such violence. We cannot remain passive observers”, the head of the organization Iain Overton your appeal in the statement.
The report was reported on Tuesday by, among others, the British broadcasting company BBC. The UN and the British Parliament also use its data.
AOAV has been collecting data systematically since 2010. The information has been gathered over the course of a year from international media and, according to the organization, it does not cover all the deaths and injuries caused.
Corporate according to which it has calculated that Israel has been guilty of using explosive weapons in 920 cases and killed more than 9,000 people.
However, the figures used in the report for civilian deaths from Israeli airstrikes are significantly lower than the as yet unconfirmed figures reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and widely used in the international media.
According to the representatives of international organizations who spoke to STT, the numbers of the Gaza Ministry of Health have generally been found to be almost exactly accurate.
Gazan The Ministry of Health already said before the turn of the year that almost 22,000 people had died in Israeli operations, raising the number of victims to 23,000 this week.
Israel began its massive strikes on the Gaza Strip in early October after the extremist organization Hamas attacked the Israeli side and carried out a massacre. According to Israel, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and took about 250 hostages, less than half of whom have since been released.
Israel's strikes have been condemned around the world as a disproportionate response to Hamas violence. Several countries, including Finland, have demanded an immediate ceasefire.
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