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Palestinian Civil Defence
Coverage of Palestinian Civil Defence in the Nexus archive.
- Settlers set light to agricultural land south of Nablus
Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural land in the village of Burin south of Nablus, damaging olive trees. The settlers also obstructed Palestinian Civil Defence crews attempting to extinguish the blaze.
- Thousands of Palestinians buried under rubble in Gaza 'may never be identified', says Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warns that thousands of Palestinians buried under rubble in Gaza may never be identified due to decomposition and loss of forensic evidence. Gaza is estimated to have 61.5 million tonnes of debris, 20 times more than all conflict-generated rubble since 2008, with 73,000 reported killed and over 3,000 missing.