Gaza Strip: Two Italian Red
Cross delegates abducted
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Geneva (ICRC) – Two Italian Red Cross staff members were abducted by unknown persons at 3.30 p.m. local time today while travelling in a vehicle of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at Mahfouza junction, in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The ICRC is doing its utmost to obtain their safe and speedy release.
Claudio Moroni is an Italian psychologist and Gianmarco Onorato the Italian-Canadian manager of a project run in cooperation with the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
They are in Gaza to carry out a psycho-social programme in coordination with the ICRC.
Their work there is of direct benefit to the Palestinian population.
Targeting humanitarian workers is totally unacceptable and strictly prohibited by law.
The ICRC demands the immediate and unconditional release of Mr.
Moroni and Mr.
Onorato.
For further information, please contact:
Dorothea Krimitsas, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 90 or +41 79 251 93 18
Antonella Notari, ICRC Geneva, tel: + 41 22 730 22 82 or + 41 79 217 32 80
Simon Schorno, ICRC Gaza, tel: +972 8 28 28 874 or +972 52 601 91 50
Bana Sayeh, ICRC Jerusalem, tel: +972 2 582 88 45 or +972 52 601 91 48
Sharon Yeheskel-Oron, ICRC Tel Aviv, tel: +972 3 524 52 86 or +972 54 636 87 22
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
Claudio Moroni is an Italian psychologist and Gianmarco Onorato the Italian-Canadian manager of a project run in cooperation with the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
They are in Gaza to carry out a psycho-social programme in coordination with the ICRC.
Their work there is of direct benefit to the Palestinian population.
Targeting humanitarian workers is totally unacceptable and strictly prohibited by law.
The ICRC demands the immediate and unconditional release of Mr.
Moroni and Mr.
Onorato.
For further information, please contact:
Dorothea Krimitsas, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 90 or +41 79 251 93 18
Antonella Notari, ICRC Geneva, tel: + 41 22 730 22 82 or + 41 79 217 32 80
Simon Schorno, ICRC Gaza, tel: +972 8 28 28 874 or +972 52 601 91 50
Bana Sayeh, ICRC Jerusalem, tel: +972 2 582 88 45 or +972 52 601 91 48
Sharon Yeheskel-Oron, ICRC Tel Aviv, tel: +972 3 524 52 86 or +972 54 636 87 22
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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