The head of the regional International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Julien Lerisson, pledged that the organization would play a role as a "neutral humanitarian mediator and assist in the release of all hostages at any stage," in a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, according to a statement from the aid organization.
Netanyahu demanded that the ICRC provide food and immediate medical care to the remaining hostages in Gaza, while in the call, the Prime Minister's Office said.
Lerrison told the prime minister that the ICRC continues to push for access to the hostages so that the organization can provide them with care and restore contact between them and their families, according to a statement from the organization.
The prime minister demanded countries worldwide denounce terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and said their actions go against international law and the Geneva Conventions.
"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," Netanyahu told the Red Cross official. "The world cannot stand idly by in the face of the shocking images reminiscent of Nazi crimes."
The Red Cross has facilitated the transfer of hostages from the Gaza Strip into Israel following previous agreements between Hamas and Israel during the war. The organization has faced criticism for failing to provide aid to the hostages in the nearly two years since the war began from hostage families and Israeli officials.
Status of hostages recently seen in propaganda videos
The discussion between the two came a day after Hamas and PIJ published three hostage videos between Thursday and Saturday. The videos included Israeli captives Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, who both appeared emaciated. In the video of David, he said the terrorist organization had ordered him to dig his own grave.
David's older brother, Ilay David, on Saturday, appealed for immediate international intervention to save the hostages, particularly mentioning Guy Gilboa-Dalal.
The two hostages were last seen together in a propaganda video by the terrorist organization, where they were both forced to watch as other hostages were released in a deal back in February of this year.
Earlier on Thursday, the PIJ published a video of hostage Rom Braslavski on their social media. The terrorist group claimed that this was the last footage of Braslavski before contact with his guards was lost two days later.
"They managed to break Rom. Even the strongest person has a breaking point. Rom is an example of all the hostages," his family said.
Danielle Greyman-Kennard contributed to this report.