Similar aid had been sent earlier to both Al Kindi Teaching Hospital and Al-Imam Ali Hospital in Baghdad earlier as a precautionary measure. These blasts caused more casualties than any other in the past six months.

The ICRC remains gravely concerned about the continuing serious violations of international humanitarian law in Iraq and the rising toll of victims among the civilian population. It once more calls upon all parties to the conflict to halt the deliberate targeting of civilians in Iraq and to spare the civilian population and civilian property.