2023-10-12 08:40:33
6:50 a.m.: The Red Cross in contact with Hamas regarding the hostages
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in contact with Hamas and the Israeli authorities to work for the release of hostages taken in Israel, according to a press release released Thursday. The ICRC also implores “both parties to reduce the suffering of civilians. »
“As a neutral intermediary, we are ready to carry out humanitarian visits; facilitate communication between hostages and their family members; and to facilitate any possible release,” underlines Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC regional director for the Near and Middle East region, in this text. Hostage-taking is prohibited by international humanitarian law and any person detained must be immediately released, he recalls.
Dozens of Israelis and foreigners, soldiers, civilians, children and women, are believed to be in the hands of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities identify 150 hostages, while hundreds of people are still missing and bodies are still being identified.
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