Red Cross confirms that 50 of its Gaza staff are now dead

The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Friday that 50 team members have now been killed in Gaza. 

"In Gaza, we have just passed a very sad milestone. I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) nurse Haitham Bassam Abu Issa," Jagan Chapagain wrote on X.

"Worse is that his death brings to 50 the number of PRCS staff and volunteers killed - both on and off duty - since the escalation of hostilities in October 2023," he added.

"This is intolerable."