Red Cross

UK to provide over $6 million in emergency funding for Lebanon aid

"The actions of this proscribed terrorist group - at the instigation of the Iranian regime - are once again drawing the people of Lebanon into a conflict they do not want," Cooper said.

A woman walks near tents set up by displaced people, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.
Maronite Father Pierre al-Raei, in an undated picture.

Lebanese Maronite priest killed by IDF tank fire targeting suspected Hezbollah terrorists

A plume of smoke rises following Israeli-US strikes on Tehran, March 2, 2026; illustrative.

Explosions heard in Iran's Isfahan, Shiraz, Kangavar, semi-official Iranian agency claims

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.

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


Israeli evacuation of Gaza City would be unsafe and unfeasible, Red Cross head says

Many people in Gaza City would not be able to follow evacuation orders because they are starving, sick or injured, Mirjana Spoljaric said.

Displaced Palestinians ride on a vehicle as they flee from one area to another within Gaza City, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City, August 29, 2025

Libyan Coast Guard shoots at European ship rescuing migrants

Libya's coast guard fired on a European rescue vessel in the Mediterranean, endangering lives and violating international law during a search and rescue operation.

Members of the Libyan Coast Guard operate near the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5 (not pictured), operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off Libya, August 8, 2025.

Arab-Israeli citizen returns to Israel after year-long imprisonment in Lebanese jail

The IDF took Abu-Hussein for comprehensive tests at a hospital, after which he will meet his family.

Saleh Abu-Hussein returns to Israel from Lebanon after a year, August 21, 2025.

'She understood our pain': Hostage mothers meet with Red Cross president in Geneva

“We felt the president was sincere in her response and assured us that she would do everything in her power to help," Galia David, the mother of Evyatar David.

Vicky Cohen

Int'l Red Cross, WHO, call for the release of the hostages in Gaza in joint statement

The International Red Cross and the World Health Organization call for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages.

 International Red Cross 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.

'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.