Red Cross

'Terrorist' vs 'Judeo-Nazi': MKs trade barbs over bill barring Red Cross from Israeli prisons

The bill was drafted by Galit Distel Atbaryan, Keti Shitrit, and a group of additional lawmakers. Thirty-six MKs voted in favor of the bill, while 41 opposed it, and it was removed from the agenda.

MK GALIT Distel Atbaryan leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026.
A view shows a Red Cross vehicle outside the Israeli military prison Ofer ahead of the expected release of Palestinian prisoners, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, January 30, 2025.

Knesset rejects proposed bill aimed at preventing Red Cross from visiting Palestinian detainees

Members of the Red Cross watch while Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025.

Supreme Court rules Israel’s ban on Red Cross visits to detainees unlawful

Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, poses for a photo as members of the Supervisory Committee on the Detainees Release Agreement attend the closing ceremony of a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, in Amman, Jordan, May 14, 2026.

Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap


'Hamas has obligation': Hostage forum skeptical on Hamas promise to allow aid to reach hostages

Hamas is ready to deliver Red Cross aid to the hostages it is holding in Gaza if Israel opens humanitarian corridors permanently.

Demonstrators protest, calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, July 26, 2025

Hamas claims it is willing to cooperate with ICRC to deliver food, aid to hostages

Their statement came after a conversation between Netanyahu and the regional head of the Red Cross.

 HAMAS TERRORISTS keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages, in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025.

Red Cross to be 'neutral humanitarian mediator' as Netanyahu urges it to provide hostages aid

"Hamas's lie of starvation resonates around the world, while the actual systematic starvation is against our hostages who suffer brutal physical and mental abuse," he said.

 International Committee Of The Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles drive by on the day of the handover of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander to the International Red Cross, in the Gaza Strip May 12, 2025.

Multiple IDF sources fail to address report of arrest of Hamas Health Ministry official

Marwan Al-Hams, a senior official in the Hamas-run Health Ministry, was "abducted" by Israeli forces while on his way to visit the ICRC field hospital in northern Rafah.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025; illustrative.

IDF gunfire wounds ICRC, Red Crescent team during rescue mission in Gaza Strip - report

The IDF told the Jerusalem Post that it is aware of reports of an ICRC and Palestinian Red Crescent worker being fired on, and the incident is being investigated.

 A Red Cross vehicle stands near missile remnants surrounded with tape, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025.

A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns

"(We) are anticipating that an additional one million people, possibly more, may return from Iran to Afghanistan by the end of this year," said Sami Fakhouri.

 Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025.

What can be learned from the IDF inquiry into killing of medics in Gaza? – analysis

The IDF did discipline officers for their actions in the event, it also does not explain questions like how the number of terrorists is determined after a firefight.

  Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025.

IDF fires Golani commander, censures brigade chief over killing of 14 Gaza medics

The military also admitted that its initial reports on the incident, based on reports from soldiers on the ground, were false.

 Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025

Jewish org. urges Red Cross to provide hostages with Matzah for Passover

Ayelet Hashachar, an Israeli non-profit, expressed that the organization was willing to provide the Matzah for transfer.

 Matzah

The IDF must be more transparent when innocent Gazans are killed – editorial

The IDF's zigzag on the killing of 14 Red Cross workers proves the need for transparency during the fog of the Israel-Hamas War.

 The ICRC operates in the Gaza Strip.