Francesco Rocca

Honored to be re-elected as @ifrc president! I am proud to take this challenge together with our 14 million Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers who at this very moment are doing their utmost to serve their local communities. bit.ly/3HB4RlC #PowerOfWe

Humanitarian leaders urge Israeli authorities to reconsider plan to ban international NGOs in OPT. INGOs deliver close to $1B aid annually. As winter deepens suffering, restricting NGOs risks ceasefire progress. Humanitarian access is a legal obligation bit.ly/3N1AyLI

Today in the early morning, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the @UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem. Police motorcycles, as well as trucks & forklifts, were brought in & all communications were cut. Furniture, IT equipment & other property was seized. The @UN flag was pulled down & replaced with an Israeli flag. This latest action represents a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations Member State to protect & respect the inviolability of UN premises.  Following months of harassment that included arson attacks in 2024, hateful demonstrations & intimidation, supported by a large-scale disinformation campaign, as well as anti-UNRWA legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in breach of its international obligations, UNRWA personnel were forced to vacate the compound at the beginning of this year.   However, whatever action taken domestically, the compound retains its status as a UN premises, immune from any form of interference.   Israel is party to the Convention on the Privileges & Immunities of the UN. The Convention makes UN premises inviolable - in other words, immune from search and/or seizure - and makes UN property and assets immune from legal process.  The International Court of Justice has also underscored that Israel is obliged to cooperate with UNRWA & other UN agencies.   There can be no exceptions. To allow this represents a new challenge to international law, one that creates a dangerous precedent anywhere else the UN is present across the world.

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Analisi del sangue presso ex Inam di Cassino (FR): sono le 9:50, per il prelievo ho il numero 29 e sono arrivati al numero 8....i prelievi iniziano alle 8 di mattina. @Francescorocca @AslFrosinone è normale questa cosa?

Lasting peace in the Middle East will never be built through more violence. We need an immediate and permanent ceasefire, an immediate & unconditional release of all hostages & unhindered humanitarian access. The two-State solution is the only path forward: Israel & Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. We must seize this moment with a united commitment to diplomacy, international law & the dignity of all people. I told the Security Council that there are responsibilities each member must uphold & urged them to act. un.org/sg/en/content/…

Israel, as the occupying Power, has clear obligations. It must ensure the provision of food, water, medicine, and other essentials. It must agree to and facilitate far greater humanitarian access. It must protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. And it must end the destruction of that which is indispensable for the survival of the civilian population in Gaza. I appeal once again for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, unfettered humanitarian access across Gaza, and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. No more excuses. No more obstacles. No more lies.

Famine has now been confirmed in Gaza. Over half a million people are facing the most devastating form of hunger, warns @theIPCinfo. An immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access is imperative to save lives. wfp.org/news/famine-co… — via @WFP

Come più volte abbiamo annunciato si é fatta notte: la guerra si è scatenata e sembra sedurre nazione dopo nazione. I governi accecati vogliono la guerra e il mondo è in fiamme! Regnano morte, violenza, sofferenza,oppressione ma i potenti di questo mondo continuano a star bene!!!

The UN Charter established the principles that continue to guide United Nations decolonization efforts, including respect for self-determination of all peoples. See how the @UN has played a historic role in the wave of decolonization📺 buff.ly/RM5g6jA

#BREAKING: The entire Gaza Strip is at risk of famine. 🛑Food is dangerously scarce. 🛑Hunger and malnutrition intensified. 🛑Mortality levels past the famine thresholds within the next 5 months. Report details bit.ly/3SwtVAx #Gaza

#Expo2025 #Osaka: la @RegioneLazio al Padiglione 🇮🇹 dal 18 al 24 maggio tra #eccellenze #imprese #arte #cibo agenzianova.com/news/expo-osak… ✔️@agenzia_nova • @mariovattani @Francescorocca @LazioInnova

Video showed that before 15 aid workers were killed by Israeli forces, they had their emergency signal lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims. nyti.ms/43C8G7j

🚨 “Last Saturday, we witnessed one of the darkest moments yet in a conflict that has shocked our common humanity to the core.” – Dr. Younis Alkhatib, PRCS President, at the UN Security Council. A mass grave was uncovered—15 first responders were killed and buried. Among them were 8 PRCS paramedics, 6 civil defense members, and 1 UN officer. Their only mission was to save lives. One medic, Asad Al-Nasasra, remains missing. “The voices of Mostafa, Ezzedine, Saleh, Refaat, Mohammed Bahloul, Mohammed Al Heila, Ashraf, and Raed are calling for justice. Can you hear them?” #NotATarget #Gaza #UNSecurityCouncil

A tragedy against humanitarian work. The Red Crescent emblem, meant to protect you, has instead become the shroud that wrapped your bodies. Mustafa Khafaja, Ezzedine Shaat, Saleh Ma’amar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Bahloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Heila, and Raed Al-Sharif.

15 emergency & aid workers in Gaza – from @PalestineRCS, Palestinian Civil Defense and UN - were found buried by their wrecked & well-marked vehicles. Our condolences to their families.

They were killed by Israeli forces while trying to save lives. We demand answers & justice.

🚨The Palestine Red Crescent Society is devastated by the killing of eight of its EMTs in Rafah, who were targeted by the Israeli army while performing their humanitarian duties. They were responding to an emergency call to assist the wounded following Israeli airstrikes in the Al-Hashashin area of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. A ninth EMT remains missing and is believed to have been detained. The names of the ambulance crew members who were killed are: 1.Mustafa Khafaja 2.Ezzedine Sha’at 3.Saleh Moammar 4.Rifaat Radwan 5.Mohammad Behloul 6.Ashraf Abu Labda 7.Mohammad Al-Hila 8.Raed Al-Sharif May mercy be upon the heroes of humanitarian work.🙏 #NotATarget #IHL #Gaza

ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE: A @WFP convoy, clearly marked & carrying 8 team members, was shot at by Israeli forces near Wadi Gaza despite prior clearances. Humanitarians are #NotATarget! We MUST have safe, secure access to continue delivering life-saving aid.

Kamal Adwan Hospital in North #Gaza remains completely out of function and we have received no updates on the safety and wellbeing of its director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya since his detention on 27 December. We continue to urge Israel to release him. We repeat: attacks on hospitals and health professionals must end. People in Gaza need access to health care. Ceasefire!

“He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, not being detained and tortured in a prison in Israel,” @Sahloul, a colleague of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, tells me as he calls for the Gaza hospital director’s immediate release.

We have made over 140 attempts in two months to reach besieged civilians in North Gaza. Almost zero access. We need to reach the survivors of this horrific destruction, especially now last hospitals have been taken out:

Thank you, @melisa_idris, for inviting @ifrc to reflect on humanitarian trends over this last year. And to talk about the need for solidarity in crises, the need to advocate for peace and to work for a safer climate for us all.