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Israel and the occupied territories: More families reunited as ICRC completes third stage of release operations

… The ICRC facilitated the transfer of three Israeli and five Thai hostages from multiple locations in Gaza to Israeli authorities. The ICRC also facilitated … the release and transfer of 75 detainees from Israeli detention centres to Gaza and the West …

News release
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Addressing Harmful Information in Conflict Settings: A Response Framework for Humanitarian Organizations

… DRC, Sudan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Israel and the occupied Palestinian …

Publication
Addressing Harmful Information in Conflict Settings: A Response Framework for Humanitarian Organizations

United Nations: ICRC president warns respect for international humanitarian law “in crisis”

… visits this month to Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. “The evidence …

News release
ICRC president, Mirjana Spoljaric, speaking at the UN.

Every human life deserves safety and dignity: A call to make international humanitarian law a political priority

… from.  This month I visited Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. I saw so much …

Statement
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric delivers speech at UNGA

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC completes second phase of release operations, reuniting more families

… safe transfer of four hostages from Gaza to Israeli authorities. Throughout the release … release and transfer of 128 detainees from Israeli detention centres to Gaza and the West … to see more families reunited across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory …

News release
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Israel and the occupied territories: Addressing misconceptions and false information

… With the escalation of violence in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory … endured. It is the trust placed in us by the Israeli authorities and Hamas, that enables us … to visit any Palestinian detainees held in Israeli places of detention since 7 October …

Law and policy topic

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC helps facilitate release of 3 hostages and 90 detainees, bringing hope and relief to families

… and transfer of three hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 90 Palestinian detainees from Israel to the occupied Palestinian …

News release

ICRC President: ICRC ready to help implement agreement reached by the parties and bring hostages and detainees home

… by the parties to reunite families across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory … in Jerusalem during a five-day visit to Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, she said: “We … the level of suffering that Palestinians and Israelis are enduring on a daily basis. This …

News release
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Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC president arrives in Tel Aviv for visit to Israel, Gaza, and West Bank

… arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday for a visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, …

News release
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Israel and the occupied territories: Obliteration of health-care system in northern Gaza puts civilians at grave risk

30-12-2024 Geneva (ICRC) – Repeated hostilities in and around hospitals have obliterated the health-care system in northern Gaza, putting civilians at an unacceptably grave risk of going without …

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