Palestine Red Crescent Society

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني, PRCS) 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.

Palestine Red Crescent Society
جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني
Founded1968 (1968)
FounderFathi Arafat
TypeNon-profit
HeadquartersAl-Bireh, 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
AffiliationsIFM – SEI
Staff
4,200
Volunteers
20,000
Websitewww.palestinercs.org

The Palestinian branch of the movement was founded in 1968 by Yasser Arafat's brother, Fathi Arafat. 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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