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, Red Cross searching for last Israeli hostage Ran Gvili's remains in Gaza

Staff-Sergeant Major Ran Gvili is the only hostage remaining in the Palestinian territory.

Hamas terrorists escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 20, 2025

Findings transferred by Hamas from Gaza not connected to hostages, PMO confirms

National Center of Forensic Medicine confirm that the findings brought yesterday from Gaza for examination do not belong to Israeli hostages.

Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

'Highly likely' remains transferred by Hamas not of deceased hostage, Israeli source tells 'Post'

However, the identification process of the remains at Abu Kabir is "still ongoing," according to the Health Ministry.

A convoy carrying potential remains of a Gaza hostage make their way to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, December 2, 2025

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri

Or's remains were returned to Israel by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas via the Red Cross last week.

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri, November 30, 2025.

Qatar calls to continue Gaza ceasefire deal, drawing Hostage Forum's ire

Following Dror Or’s return to Israel, the two deceased hostages who remain in Gaza are Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak and St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili.

 Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, speaks in Doha, Qatar, February 20, 2024.

Red Cross to shed nearly 3,000 jobs, scale back budget amid donor fatigue

The Red Cross will reduce its 2026 budget by nearly a fifth to 1.8 billion Swiss francs ($2.2 billion) after a huge shortfall as donors shift their focus towards defense.

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shejaia, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

Detained Hamas terrorist knew where Hadar Goldin's remains held - IDF, Shin Bet

Goldin's remains were returned by Hamas via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) earlier this month as part of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace deal.

Security forces apprehend Marwan al-Hamas, November 20, 2025.

Hamas transfers remains to Red Cross for identification in Israel

Israeli sources told The Jerusalem Post that the remains are not those of any of the three remaining hostages set to be returned as part of the Israel-Gaza Ceasefire deal.

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shejaia, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

Hamas, Red Cross resume searches for hostage remains in Gaza's Shejaia - Al Jazeera

There are four hostages whose remains are still held by terrorists in the strip, namely Meny Godard, Staff-Sergeant Major Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shejaia, Gaza. November 4, 2025.

South Korea Red Cross chief resigns after alleged recorded comments on 'dark-skinned' ambassadors

Kim Chul Soo was allegedly recorded complaining after a gala that “only the non-significant foreign ambassadors were there … just the dark-skinned people."

Red Cross vehicles transport hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in the central Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025