TEHRAN – Targeting key infrastructures is a war on civilians, which has to be immediately stopped, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has said.

Warning that deliberate attacks on essential services and civilian infrastructure can amount to war crimes, she said although the destruction of energy, fuel, water, and healthcare facilities, is a worrying trend, but it is not limited to West Asia alone and has occurred in all widespread conflicts, IRNA reported.

“What we have seen in the Middle East (West Asia) in recent days carries the risk of reaching an irreversible point,” Spoljaric underlined in reference to indiscriminate attacks since the United States and the Israeli regime launched a war of aggression on Iran more than three weeks ago.

Reminding the need for greater protection of vital facilities in accordance to the laws of war, the president of the ICRC said the patters of attacks, coupled with inflammatory rhetoric, normalizes a style of warfare that erodes our shared humanity.

What has recently happened in the region poses the threat of reaching an irreversible point, she stressed.

According to the official, probable attacks on nuclear facilities, un/intentionally, is the most disturbing scenario which will bring about irreparable damages. That’s why they (civilians) are more supported by international law.

Targeting key infrastructures has always harmed millions of civilians near or far from front lines, she added.

Respecting civilians is the base of easing tensions and reaching political solutions through which peace and stability can be established, she further noted.

Since the beginning of the imposed war on February 28 till March 25, the United States and Israel have attacked 85,176 non-military units, including 19,694 businesses, and 64,583 houses across the country, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

Some 26,717 of the damaged houses were located in Tehran.

During the same time, the violent attacks severely damaged 282 medical, pharmaceutical, and emergency bases. About 600 schools have been destroyed by the strikes directly or indirectly.