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International-UN-NGOs

PM speaks to Red Cross chief, demands group get food, medical care to hostages

2025-08-04

[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges the International Committee of the Red Thingy to take immediate action to provide food and medical care to Israeli hostages held in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
during a conversation with Julien Lerisson, head of the Red Thingy delegation in the region.

According to his office, Netanyahu accuses Hamas
Hamas

..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
of spreading a "lie of starvation" to the world, while the real starvation is being inflicted on the hostages, who are suffering "brutal physical and psychological abuse."

"The world cannot remain indifferent in the face of images that recall Nazi crimes," he tells Lerisson.

The prime minister calls on the international community to denounce Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
and to stop all direct and indirect support for the groups, stressing that their actions are a clear violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions.

There is no immediate response from Lerisson or the ICRC.

Hamas recently released propaganda videos showing hostages Ram Braslavski and Evyatar David in emaciated conditions, horrifying Israelis.

Red Cross renews its call to be ‘granted access’ to hostages in Gaza after dire videos

[IsraelTimes] Following a demand issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Red Cross official earlier today, the ICRC says that hostages being held in Gaza “must urgently receive the medical care and attention they require” and reiterates its called to be allowed access.

In a statement, the ICRC says that it is “appalled by the harrowing videos published over the last few days of Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza,” referencing propaganda clips released by Hamas showing emaciated hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David.

“These videos are stark evidence of the life-threatening conditions in which the hostages are being held,” the statement adds. “We know families watching these videos are horrified and heartbroken by the conditions they see their loved ones held in.”

The hostages must be “afforded humane treatment and acceptable conditions. They must urgently receive the medical care and attention they require,” the ICRC adds.

“As long as hostages remain in captivity, we stand ready to fulfill our role as a neutral humanitarian intermediary, and to facilitate the release of all the hostages at any stage,” it adds.

“We also reiterate our call to be granted access to the hostages, so we can assess their condition, give them medical support and facilitate contact with their families,” the ICRC says.

The Red Cross has not been allowed any access to the hostages during 22 months of war, and has faced heavy criticism from Israel and Jewish groups over its failure to do so. The organization, which says it must maintain neutrality to operate in war zones, facilitated the release of Israeli and other foreign hostages in November 2023 and again in January-February 2025.

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