Tel Aviv/Gaza/Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, will begin a three-day mission to Gaza, Israel and the West Bank tomorrow to see for himself the human cost of the on-going conflict.

Mr Maurer will be meeting people directly affected by the conflict. In addition, he will be holding talks with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials and with the leadership and volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Magen David Adom Society, the ICRC’s main local partners.

Israel, Gaza and the West Bank have been priorities for the ICRC since 1948. The organization currently has over 380 staff providing a wide range of humanitarian services there.

For further information, please contact:
Ran Goldstein, ICRC Tel Aviv, tel: +972 52 27 57 517
Nadia Dibsy, ICRC Gaza, tel: +972 52 601 91 48
Nada Doumani, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 37 23 or +41 79 447 37 26
Maria Cecilia Goin, ICRC Jerusalem, tel: +972 52 601 91 50 or +972 59 893 54 68