Netanyahu Asks Red Cross to Help Hostages in Gaza, as Families Warn Against an ‘Expanding War’ | News Channel 3-12
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 4 – Hamas demands Israel open humanitarian corridors and halt air strikes before allowing Red Cross aid to hostages amid worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, officials said.
- On Sunday, Hamas said it would only allow the Red Cross to aid hostages if Israel opens humanitarian corridors in Gaza and halts air strikes.
- Amid public fury over hostage videos, Benjamin Netanyahu requested the ICRC provide food and medical care to hostages in Gaza.
- Despite the dire hunger, Hamas's military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, said it did `not intentionally starve` the 50 hostages in Gaza, only 20 believed alive.
- International condemnation grew, with France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States expressing outrage and prompting a UN Security Council session on Tuesday morning.
- With ceasefire talks stalled last month, over 70% of Israelis support negotiating with Hamas for hostage release.
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The images of almost starved hostages have shaken Israel. Hamas now wants to fulfil a request from the Red Cross, but it also sets conditions for this.
Hamas 'will allow aid for hostages' if Israel halts air strikes, opens permanent humanitarian corridors
Hamas said on Sunday it is prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in Gaza, if Israel meets certain conditions, after a video it released showing an emaciated captive drew sharp criticism from Western powers.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asks Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday (August 3) to aid hostages in Gaza. In response, Hamas said that it would allow the agency access to the hostages but only if "humanitarian corridors" for food and aid were opened "across all areas of the Gaza Strip."


Hamas claims it will permit aid for hostages on condition Israel halts airstrikes
Hamas announced on Sunday that it would conditionally permit aid to be delivered to hostages in Gaza, so long as Israel would cease its airstrikes in the region. The Palestinian nationalist Islamic paramilitary organization said it would allow the Red…
The terrorist organization makes strict demands for the aid organization to become hostages. In Germany, the CDU foreign politician Kiesewetter sharply criticizes the Middle East policy of the black and red federal government.
Hamas Offers Red Cross Access To Hostages With Conditions On Humanitarian Corridors
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday that it would only allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide aid to Israeli hostages on the condition that humanitarian corridors are opened to Gaza.
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