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civil defence
noun
the organizing of civilians to deal with enemy attacks
Example Sentences
In Gaza itself, the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 35 Palestinians on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Gaza's civil defence agency said 32 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military operations on Saturday.
The numbers of deaths analysed by the BBC were broadly consistent with figures given by the Hamas-run Civil Defence Agency, a senior local medic and the Palestinian Red Crescent in the days after the strike.
One air strike killed 15 people at a school-turned-shelter for displaced families in Gaza City, according to the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency.
The Civil Defence also reported that 38 people were killed while queueing for aid, or on their way to pick it up.
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