ICRC deploying additional staff to Gaza
24-05-2021 Following the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza two weeks ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasing the number of field personnel it has there to enhance its …
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Burkina Faso: Armed violence and communal tensions escalating dangerously
21-05-2021 Dakar (ICRC) – Dozens of civilians have been killed in the East, North and Sahel Regions of Burkina Faso, where armed conflict and other situations of violence, including communal …
Blaise Matuidi teams up with the ICRC to protect health-care workers in conflict zones
19-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – In an ideal world, health-care workers who risk their lives to save others would have just as many supporters as footballers. Unfortunately, that’s far from the reality. …
Israel and the occupied territories: Hostilities between Gaza and Israel must stop and much-needed humanitarian activities must start now.
16-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – The populations in Gaza and Israel are facing the most intense cycle of hostilities in years. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urging the parties to …
Israel and the occupied territories: Restraint and de-escalation urgently needed as civilians pay a terrible price
11-05-2021 Statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, ICRC "The recent rockets in Israel and airstrikes in Gaza represent a dangerous escalation of the …
Egypt: ICRC donates protective equipment, oxygen concentrators to health ministry amid coronavirus crisis
10-05-2021 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and oxygen concentrators to Egypt’s Ministry of Health to support national efforts to …
ICRC calls to reduce tensions and prevent violence in Jerusalem
08-05-2021 Jerusalem (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply worried about the recent spike of violent confrontations in Jerusalem. Last night our partners from the …
ICRC launches a new campaign to help the world’s mothers caught in war
07-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) - On the occasion of Mother's Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a new campaign to highlight the courage of women living in countries in …
Religious leaders, health officials and ICRC launch campaign in Gaza to combat COVID-19 vaccine mistrust
06-05-2021 Gaza (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious affairs (Awqaf) and the Ministry of Health in Gaza have joined …
Health-care providers, patients suffer thousands of attacks on health-care services over the past five years, ICRC data show
03-05-2021 Geneva (ICRC) – Health-care providers and patients have suffered through thousands of attacks on health-care systems in the roughly five years since the UN Security Council demanded an end …
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