The Red Cross is an international organisation that operates in war zones. In Gaza, it has more than 300 staff, most of whom are Palestinians.

Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the president of the Red Cross has warned as aid distribution centres in the enclave were closed for a day. The controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross serves as the custodian of the Geneva Conventions, specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention, adopted in 1949 after the atrocities of World War II.