civil defence

British

noun

the organizing of civilians to deal with enemy attacks

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A spokesman for the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency, Mahmoud Bassal, put the death toll higher.

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On Tuesday, video footage showed first responders from the Civil Defence recovering the body of a man from the rubble of a building in Shati refugee camp, north-west of Gaza City.

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The Hamas-run Civil Defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal, told the BBC that four people were killed in the strike.

From BBC

In Switzerland, a non-EU country, male citizens aged 18 to 30 must serve in the military, or join civil defence or an alternate civilian service.

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The Civil Defence reported that the strike in Zeitoun caused severe damage to the religious endowments ministry's building and surrounding structures, and posted a video showing its rescue workers appearing to find two people buried under rubble.

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