Red Cross

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, SARAH BEN-NUN
An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaks at the conference "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

Francesca Albanese expected to speak at Al Jazeera Forum alongside Hamas leader, Iran's FM - report

Albanese is listed on Al Jazeera's site as a speaker during the forum's third session on its first day, during a panel titled: "The Palestinian Cause in a World Moving Toward Multipolarity."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A Red Cross vehicle operates in an area within Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 12, 2025

Israel returned bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza following Ran Gvili's return, Red Cross confirms

The transfer of the Palestinians' remains came following the discovery of last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's remains and as part of the deal to end the war in Gaza.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
A FIRE in the top floors of a Bronx apartment building in New York City, January 24, 2026.

New York apartment building gas leak fire kills one, injures several

Fire department units were on the scene before the fire began, investigating reports of gas being smelled on the 15th and 16th floors of the building. While on scene, a gas explosion occurred.

|ByTZVI JASPER

IDF responds to allegations of firing on World Food Program workers

The IDF added that they make "significant" efforts to avoid harming aid workers, UN facilities and international organizations in the Gaza Strip. 

JUNE 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UN peacekeepers load boxes of food, clothing, water and blankets into a truck, donated by Greek Cypriots for distribution to earthquake victims in Turkey, at Ledra Palace inside the UN buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus, February 15, 2023.

The hostages' suffering demands urgent action - opinion

The human rights of the hostages are being unjustly denied. If your eyes are on Rafah but are not also looking for the hostages, then you are betraying humanity and accepting injustice.

JUNE 4, 2024ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
STUDENTS OCCUPY the street in front of the Sciences Po University building in Paris last month, in support of Palestinians in Gaza, with a sign that reads, ‘All eyes on Rafah.’

Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital

Staff at the new facility will be able to treat around 200 people a day and can provide emergency surgical care and manage mass casualties as well as provide pediatric and other services.

MAY 14, 2024ByREUTERS
Volunteers from Emirates Red Crescent prepare parcels with humanitarian aid for Gaza to be transferred through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Cairo, Egypt, March 30, 2024.

Attack on ICRC convoy in Sudan's South Darfur kills two drivers, wounds three

The team was on its way back from Layba to assess the humanitarian situation of communities affected by armed violence in the region when the incident occurred, the ICRC said.

MAY 3, 2024ByREUTERS
A boy sits atop a hill overlooking a refugee camp near the Chad-Sudan border, November 9, 2023. Hundreds of Masalit families from Sudan's West Darfur state were relocated here months after fleeing to the Chadian border town of Adre, following an ethnically targeted massacre in El Geneina.

Dehumanizing Palestinians has hurt Israel - opinion

Dehumanization plays a significant role in exacerbating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by perpetuating cycles of violence and animosity.

MARCH 26, 2024ByAYALA KRAMER
THE WRITER travels to Washington for the ‘March for Israel’ in November.

Red Cross denies NGO's claim it's involved in terror 'pay-for-slay' policy

New Palestinian Media Watch expose quoted PLO Prisoner Affairs Authority chief, who described the Red Cross as “an essential partner in the process that enables payment to imprisoned Palestinians."

MARCH 19, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
A Red Cross vehicle carrying hostages abducted by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 28, 2023.

Reporters ask hostage families about Palestinian prisoners, Gaza ceasefire

Only one reporter asked if the Israeli government had shared any information regarding the status of any of their loved ones held in Gaza.

MARCH 11, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dana Shem Tov, sister of Omer Shem Tov, 21, an Israeli hostage kidnapped on the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, shouts slogans next to other relatives, friends and supporters during a rally calling for the hostages' release, amid the ongoing conflict

US Senate foreign relations committee pens letter for reconsideration of new ICRC head

The Red Cross has been heavily scrutinized for failing to visit Israeli hostages and not reporting that the hostages had been taken to Shifa Hospital. 

MARCH 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pierre Krahenbuhl Commissioner-General of the UNRWA attends a news conference in Geneva

Prince William must support the Jewish community by listening to it - opinion

The Prince of Wales’ visit to the British Red Cross came on the same day as a statement made by His Royal Highness, giving his perspective on the Israel-Hamas war.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByBEN M. FREEMAN
PRINCE WILLIAM listens to Pascal Hundt, senior crisis manager of the International Committee of the Red Cross, video calling from Gaza, during the prince’s visit to the British Red Cross at its headquarters in London last week.

Is the Red Cross really neutral on Israel?

Jewish distrust of the ‘middle man’ organization – accused of refusing to deliver vital medications to hostages – dates back to the Holocaust.

FEBRUARY 17, 2024ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
HOSTAGES’ FAMILIES and supporters protest outside a meeting of ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and in Hostage Square, in Tel Aviv, in December 2023.