US EditionEvacuation of Gaza City would be unsafe and unfeasible, says head of Red Cross
Red Cross warns that evacuation orders risk displacing up to 400,000 civilians amid destroyed infrastructure and shortages of food, water, and medical care in Gaza City.
- International Committee of the Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric stated that a mass evacuation of Gaza City cannot be done safely or with dignity given current conditions.
- Spoljaric emphasized that the dire state of shelter, healthcare, and nutrition in Gaza makes evacuation both unfeasible and incomprehensible under the present circumstances.
- The Israeli military has designated Gaza City as a dangerous combat zone but has not called for immediate evacuation.
- The United Nations estimates that nearly a million people live in Gaza governorate, including Gaza City.
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Gaza. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned yesterday that the massive eviction from Gaza City, ordered by Israel in the framework of its great military offensive, is “impractical and incomprehensible”, since “under current conditions” it is not possible to carry it out “in a safe and dignified manner”.
The International Red Cross warned on Saturday against a massive evacuation of the population of Gaza City, at a time when the Israeli army is hardening the siege of the agglomeration with a view to an offensive announced as a major attack against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. ...
Red Cross warns against evacuation of Gaza City
The Red Cross warned on Saturday that any Israeli attempt to evacuate Gaza City would put residents at risk, as Israel's military tightened its siege on the area ahead of a planned offensive. Gaza's civil defence agency said that since dawn Israeli attacks had killed 47 people in the territory already devastated by nearly 23 months of war. Israel is under increasing pressure to end its offensive in Gaza where the great majority of the population…
Gaza evacuation: Red Cross sounds alarm as Israel tightens siege
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — The Red Cross warned on Saturday that any Israeli attempt to evacuate Gaza City would put residents at risk, as Israel’s military tightened its siege on the area ahead of a planned offensive. Gaza’s civil defense agency said that since dawn, Israeli attacks had killed 66 people in the territory already devastated by nearly 23 months of war. “It is impossible that a mass evacuation of Gaza City could ever be done in a wa…
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