Palestine Red Crescent Society جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني
Founded
1968; 56 years ago (1968)[1]
Founder
Fathi Arafat[2]
Type
Non-profit
Headquarters
Al-Bireh,[3] State of Palestine
Region served
State of Palestine, including both Palestinian territories: the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip
President
Dr. Younis al-Khatib[4]
Affiliations
IFM – SEI
Staff
4,200[1]
Volunteers
20,000[1]
Website
www.palestinercs.org
Destroyed ambulance in the city of Shuja'iyya in the Gaza Strip after Israeli shelling of the Al-Quds Hospital
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS; Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني) is the humanitarian organization that is the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in the State of Palestine, which includes the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian branch of the movement was founded in 1968 by Yasser Arafat's brother, Fathi Arafat.[5] The Red Crescent services hospitals and primary health care centers, and provides emergency medicine and ambulance services in the Palestinian territories. Its headquarters are in Ramallah, near Jerusalem.
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^"Fathi Arafat, P.L.O. Leader's Brother, Dies at 67". The New York Times. 2 December 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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