the Red Crescent
noun
: an organization in Islamic countries that helps people who are suffering because of a war or natural disaster
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Injuries Red Crescent and U.N. officials have said 17 paramedics and emergency workers from the Red Crescent, the Civil Emergency service and the U.N. had been dispatched to respond to reports of injuries from Israeli air strikes.
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James MacKenzie and Alexander Cornwell, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Their bodies were laid out on stretchers wrapped in white cloth with the Red Crescent logo on it and their photos, as family and others held funeral prayers over them.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Israeli strikes have killed more than 150 emergency responders from the Red Crescent and Civil Defense, most of them while on duty, as well as over 1,000 health workers during the war, according to the U.N.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
There was no immediate public reaction to the findings from the Red Crescent or Civil Defense.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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James MacKenzie and Alexander Cornwell, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Their bodies were laid out on stretchers wrapped in white cloth with the Red Crescent logo on it and their photos, as family and others held funeral prayers over them.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Israeli strikes have killed more than 150 emergency responders from the Red Crescent and Civil Defense, most of them while on duty, as well as over 1,000 health workers during the war, according to the U.N.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
There was no immediate public reaction to the findings from the Red Crescent or Civil Defense.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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