Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday 25 July 2006 – The rising conflict in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza as well as Israel has created a humanitarian disaster with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes. Many more are without access to basic medical facilities and services and the number of civilians killed and injured in all three locations is increasing at an alarming rate.

Tuesday, 18 July 2006 - MERCY Malaysia has decided to ‘stand down’ from deploying mission teams to Pangandaran, Central Java in aid of the recent earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale at 15:19 local time. The underwater earthquake triggered an approximately three metre high tsunami that struck the Pangandaran, Ciamis, Cilacap and Kebumen Districts in Central Java*.