Red Cross

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

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

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

Hamas transfers remains to Red Cross for identification in Israel

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


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

Hamas claims remains of slain hostage Hadar Goldin were recovered in Rafah, Al Jazeera reports

Following the Al Jazeera report, a security source confirmed to Maariv that hostage remains were being recovered by the terror group from the Israeli-controlled side of the Yellow Line.

A picture of Hadar Goldin is displayed during a protes at Hostage Square, November 8, 2025.

Tanzanian student Joshua Loitu Mollel identified as hostage returned Wednesday night, PMO confirms

The Prime Minister's Office expressed that it shared in the sorrow of Mollel's family.

Joshua Loitu Mollel

Hostage remains identified as Itay Chen, last Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

Notably, this leaves Hadar Goldin as the last remaining murdered hostage who was taken during active IDF service.

Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen.

Neutra, Daniel families urge PM to 'act with same determination' to return all slain hostages

"It is being done," Netanyahu told them, saying that he is "determined to return all the fallen hostages for proper burial."

Hostage families hold a picture of slain hostage Omer Neutra and yellow balloons on October 18, 2025.

Hostages Asaf Hamami, Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel's remains identified, PMO confirms

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir identified the remains of the fallen soldiers who were taken captive during the October 7 massacre.

An IDF honor guard standing above the coffins holding the remains of three murdered hostages, November 2, 2025.

Blaze at Mexico store kills 23, including children

Deadly fire engulfed a discount store in the city center of Hermosillo during Day of the Dead celebrations.

Forensic technicians work in the area where a fire inside a store killed multiple people, in Hermosillo, Mexico, November 1, 2025.

High Court hears petition on Israeli prevention of Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners

Petitioners asserted that Israel's suspension of Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners, instituted after the October 7 massacre, violates Israeli law and conventional international norms.

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.

Red Cross decries Hamas staging of hostage remains discovery as 'unacceptable'

An ICRC statement declared that the organization was "unaware" of the staging, and emphasized that "the return of remains to loved ones must not be politicized."

Red Cross officials undertake excavations in search for remains of slain hostages in the Gaza Strip, October 27, 2025

Hamas intends to use bulldozers to bury hostage remains, not recover them, Israel suspects - KAN

According to KAN, Israeli officials were notified of Hamas's actions in the video as they happened.

Palestinian gunmen walk as heavy machinery operates at a site where searches for deceased hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel are underway amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 19, 2025.

Egypt takes lead in Gaza crisis, steering regional stabilization efforts - analysis

Egypt is taking the lead in Gaza's stabilization efforts, coordinating with global partners to ensure peace and aid delivery.

A staff member is seen at Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses storing aid for Gaza, in the Egyptian border town of El-Arish, Egypt, April 8, 2025.