Israel and the occupied territory: ICRC supports medics and civilians in Gaza and Israel

23-11-2012 Photo gallery

The recent hostilities have seriously affected the lives of civilians in both Gaza and Israel. This photo diary shows how the ICRC and its partners from the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement (the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Magen David Adom in Israel) helped those affected.

- Gaza City.
  A Palestinian girl stands on the remains of a damaged house. The hostilities left more than 150 Palestinians dead and over 1,000 wounded. Over the same period, five Israelis were killed and some 200 wounded. For eight days, civilians on both sides lived under constant stress and fear. The violence also caused damage to civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip and in Israel.
  © ICRC / I. El Babab / v-p-il-e-02595
- Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.
  Palestine Red Crescent paramedics evacuate an injured boy. Palestine Red Crescent paramedics worked around the clock under very difficult security conditions to treat casualties and evacuate them to Gazan hospitals. The ICRC supplied the paramedics with dressing materials and provided hospitals with medicines and other medical supplies.
  © PRCS / v-p-il-e-02600
- Beer Sheva, southern Israel.
  Paramedics evacuate a woman from her house following a rocket attack. The Magen David Adom emergency medical service was on call 24 hours a day.
  © ICRC / A. Gutman / v-p-il-e-02588
- Gaza.
  People crowd round an ICRC vehicle. The ICRC and the Palestine Red Crescent Society registered Gazans whose houses had been damaged, before providing food, blankets, kitchen utensils, hygiene items and tents.
  © ICRC / I. El Babab / v-p-il-e-02598
- Gaza.
  A young man collects a roll of plastic sheeting to make temporary repairs to his windows and doors. The ICRC and the Palestine Red Crescent Society inspected hundreds of damaged houses in Gaza and have now begun to distribute plastic sheeting and tape to cover up damaged windows and doors.
  © PRCS / v-p-il-e-02597
- Beer Sheva, southern Israel.
  ICRC and Magen David Adom staff inspect a damaged house. The ICRC and the Magen David Adom conducted several joint visits to southern Israel, to assess damaged houses and the needs of the people there.
  © ICRC / A. Gutman / v-p-il-e-02592

Israel and the occupied territory: ICRC supports medics and civilians in Gaza and Israel

23-11-2012 Photo gallery

Gaza City.

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.

Beer Sheva, southern Israel.

Gaza.

Gaza.

Beer Sheva, southern Israel.

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