Israel and the Occupied Territory: People in Gaza and Israel need an urgent respite from the fighting
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A statement in the name of Fabrizio Carboni, ICRC Near and Middle East Director. People in Gaza and Israel urgently need respite from non-stop hostilities, as we enter the second week of airstrikes and rockets. People in Gaza - exhausted from sleepless nights, from constant fear, worry and grief - need a window during which they can go outside and about their business without fear of being killed or injured, or of witnessing death or injury to others. They need to check on family members, to shop, to get medicine or see a doctor if possible, and to make repairs to their homes and businesses, many of which have been damaged.
Israel and the occupied territory: Hostilities between Gaza and Israel must stop and much-needed humanitarian activities must start now
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 end this escalation and to ensure better access to people affected in the Gaza strip. News release 16 May 2021
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday, the ICRC calls on the concerned leaders to exert maximum influence to stop the hostilities between Gaza and Israel. The intensity of the conflict is something we have not seen before, with non-stop airstrikes in densely populated Gaza and rockets reaching big cities in Israel. As a result, children are dying on both sides, said Robert Mardini, ICRC s director-general. For people in Gaza, access to hospitals and other vital infrastructure has become very complicated because of the inces