Borel calls for investigation into deadly bombings at Red Cross offices in Gaza

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell today called for an investigation into the deadly bombings that damaged an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza. “The EU condemns the shelling that destroyed the ICRC office in Gaza and caused dozens of casualties. An independent investigation is required and those responsible must be held accountable,” Borrell stressed to X. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported yesterday in a post on X that projectiles from large-caliber weapons fell a short distance from its facility in the Gaza Strip, around from which hundreds of displaced persons have found refuge. She reported that her mobile hospital was overwhelmed by victims on Friday afternoon, speaking of “22 dead and 45 wounded”. In the announcement of the ICRC, it is underlined that attacks “so close to humanitarian structures, the locations of which are known to the warring parties and are clearly marked with the emblem of the Red Cross, endanger the lives of civilians and […]
Source: News Beast

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