Jerusalem, Aug 30 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Red Crescent hosted massive Iftar parties in different parts of Jerusalem during last days of Ramadan.

Over 6,000 poor men, women, orphans and people with special needs attended the parties where meals were served for breaking the Ramadan fasting.

Assistant Under Secretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs Dawud El-Deek said that the Iftar parties were well attended by poor and destitute, especially from the families of the Palestinian martyrs.

Red Crescent Society of the UAE is an affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, meant to carry out Red Cross operations on a systematic basis throughout the UAE.