INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The International Committee of the Red Cross says its offices in Gaza have been damaged by shelling, which killed 22 people who had sought
transfer them to the nearby located Red Cross field hospital where we have dedicated teams working to try and save lives and to meet the
destroy the Palestinian armed group in response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people
- mostly civilians - were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.More than 37,551 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to
Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but it had reportedly identified 14,680 children, women and elderly
people among the dead by the end of April.In another development, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that spiralling
hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah risk triggering a catastrophe for the region and beyond.Mr Guterres
accused both sides of increasingly warlike rhetoric and called for an immediate de-escalation, saying the world could not afford for Lebanon
The Iran-backed group says it is fighting Israel to support its ally, Hamas, in Gaza.Source: BBC--Agencies
