| As violence escalates in the cramped conditions of the Gaza Strip humanitarian work becomes even more precarious for the dedicated but exhausted staff of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
The one and a half million Palestinian people living in the densely populated Gaza Strip continue to be subjected to an unrelenting bombardment from air, sea and land. This cramped enclave is now even more tightly packed as people scramble for the few safe areas left and risk life and limb to venture out for food or medical assistance.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), spearheads the dangerous but critical life-saving work of emergency medical evacuations on the ground.
More information on the ICRC website: http://www.icrc.org/ |
Disaster management
