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22 killed during an attack near the Red Cross office in Gaza

2024-06-22 08:51:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
22 killed during an attack near the Red Cross office in Gaza
Photo: AFP

The International Committee of the Red Cross says its offices in Gaza have been damaged by the bombing, which has killed 22 people who had sought shelter around the compound. 

"Heavy-caliber shrapnel fell within a few meters of the International Committee of the Red Cross office and residences on Friday afternoon," the Red Cross said in a statement, the BBC reports. 

In the announcement, it was specified that the parties had the obligation to take precautions to avoid damage to civilians and humanitarian objects.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry gave different figures, saying 25 people had been killed and 50 wounded in the bombing, which it blamed on Israel.

The Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy the Palestinian armed group in response to an unprecedented attack in southern Israel on October 7, during which around 1,200 people - mostly civilians - were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 37,390 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas territory's Ministry of Health. Its figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but it said it had identified 14,680 children, women and the elderly among the dead by the end of April.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the spiraling hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah risk causing a catastrophe for the region and beyond./ CNA 





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