During a meeting with Mirjana Spoljaric-Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Eli Cohen, head of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, harshly demanded that the organization visit the hostages of the Palestinian Hamas movement. Providing the necessary assistance to the Gaza Strip and providing them with the necessary assistance, according to reports RIA News.
Cohen emphasized that the Red Cross would not exist if it did not have access to hostages. He pointed out that children, women and the elderly who survived the Holocaust were held captive. In his view, the ICRC’s actions must be decisive. The head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that the organization should “use all means of pressure to visit the abducted as soon as possible.”
“The Red Cross needs to focus on the greatest humanitarian disaster, rather than making allegations against Israel, which is acting in accordance with international law,” Cohen added.
Additionally, the Israeli Foreign Minister rejected the Red Cross’s “balanced” approach towards the Hamas movement.
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