Family members of Israeli hostages in dire need of medication are pleading with the Red Cross to do more—before it’s too late.
and the world. But dozens of families are still waiting for news about their captive loved ones and what condition they are in—and some are calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross to do more to reach theare still in need of life-saving medication, Adva Adar, whose grandmother, Yaffa, was kidnapped out of her home in a kibbutz over two weeks ago. Although Adar and other“The Red Cross got a list of those medications,” Adar told The Daily Beast.
The Red Cross is communicating with both Hamas authorities and Israeli officials as part of its effort to provide the hostages medicines and bring them home, the ICRC representative said.U.S. officials say they are still working to find out where every hostage is—a gap in intelligence that likely continues to complicate efforts to provide the hostages medicines.
The ICRC representative did not share details on efforts to provide medicines to those held captive, but said they are still working to gain access to the hostages. “The older one, she is 5, and we told her that we lost grandma,” Adar told The Daily Beast. “Because—what words can you use? We told her we are looking for her. She is missing and we are looking for her.”“He keeps asking, every day, when are we going to visit Tata Yaffa?” Adar said of the 2-year-old, her voice wavering “We are looking him in the eyes and we have no answer. We have no answer.”
As a ground invasion looms, Adar says she can only hope that the Israeli Defense Forces are making good decisions to keep civilians and hostages stuck in Gaza safe. And as Israel continues to bombard the region, warning of a pending ground invasion, humanitarian work has been treacherous and deadly. Already, UNRWA, which is providing relief in Gaza, has lost 39 aid workers in Gaza, UNRWA said in a statement on Thursday.have been urging Israel in recent hours to consider a “humanitarian pause” in order to provide urgently needed humanitarian aid to people stuck inside Gaza, stopping short of calling for a ceasefire. U.S.
President Joe Biden called for the level of humanitarian aid into Gaza to increase in remarks delivered Wednesday from the White House. At the urging of U.S. officials, Israel has agreed to delay a ground invasion to allow for humanitarian aid to continue and to allow the United States time to rush air defense systems to the region, according to a
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