The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has raised the alarm about the spread of Israel’s war on Gaza to the entire West Asia region. 

“We are deeply concerned by the waves of escalating violence in the Middle East and strongly warn against the further regionalization of the conflict in Gaza and Israel. This region has been mired in humanitarian crisis for decades, with civilians in Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere paying the highest price. Intensifying hostilities are likely to cause yet more suffering and to exacerbate existing humanitarian emergencies. What people in the region need and deserve above all is a respite from violence,” Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s regional director for the Near and Middle East, said. 

The official called for de-escalation in the region.