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civil defence
noun
- the organizing of civilians to deal with enemy attacks
Example Sentences
There are some examples of this: a Christian female minister was appointed minister for social affairs, while head of the White Helmet civil defence group, became minister of emergencies and disasters.
At least 37 people have been killed in a series of Israeli strikes, most in areas where displaced civilians have set up tents, Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency says.
Gaza's civil defence agency said further air strikes killed seven people in the northern town of Beit Lahia, two near al-Mawasi and 10 people in Jabalia, including seven members of one family in one attack and three people at a school building being used as a shelter in another.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said that two missiles had hit tents in the coastal al-Mawasi area near the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 16 people, "most of them women and children".
The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency also said two people were killed in an Israeli strike on tents for displaced families in the Yarmouk Stadium, to the north-west, on Tuesday night.
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