Every day, civilians in Gaza continue to bear the brunt of armed conflict and violence, as injuries and hunger escalate and they suffer countless indignities.

Since 1960, we’ve sent team members overseas on more than 1,000 assignments to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity on the front line.

Judy Owen is our longest-serving international delegate. For 40 years, she went into conflict zones with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide humanitarian relief to the victims of war.

We, the members of the Governing Board of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), stand united in grief, solidarity, and outrage over the killings of eight dedicated volunteers and staff of the Palestine Red Crescent Society.

Ordinary people are bearing the brunt of the ongoing devastating conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel, and neighbouring countries.