Red Cross

Israel returned bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza following Ran Gvili's return, Red Cross confirms

The transfer of the Palestinians' remains came following the discovery of last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's remains and as part of the deal to end the war in Gaza.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
A Red Cross vehicle operates in an area within Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 12, 2025
A FIRE in the top floors of a Bronx apartment building in New York City, January 24, 2026.

New York apartment building gas leak fire kills one, injures several

Fire department units were on the scene before the fire began, investigating reports of gas being smelled on the 15th and 16th floors of the building. While on scene, a gas explosion occurred.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Palestinian Hamas terrorists secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) search for the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 8, 2025.

In coordination with Israel, Hamas renews search for final hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza

The search is occurring in Zeitoun, in northern Gaza. The neighborhood is split by the Yellow Line that divides the Strip between Hamas and Israel-controlled territories.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate, eliminate Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist in Gaza, April 21, 2025.

Israel kidnaps PIJ terrorist in covert op. in Hamas-controlled Gaza, pursuing Ran Gvili - report

The terrorist was reportedly taken from an area near Palestine Square in Gaza City. The IDF has declined to comment on the matter, according to Army Radio.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Night unfolds as slain hostages transferred to IDF custody from Gaza

This handover marks the completion of the phase one list of abductees slated for return.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES, SHIR PERETS, CORINNE BAUM
Red Cross vehicles en route to receive the bodies of four slain hostages.

The Red Cross is enabling Hamas' hostage crimes

Has the Red Cross abandoned its humanitarian mission? Critics say its silence on Israeli hostages and ties to Hamas raise serious questions.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025ByJAKE WALLIS SIMONS
Red Cross members look on at Hamas terrorists parading hostages in Gaza, February 8, 2025

Who is Stefanie Eller, the Red Cross official seen alongside Hamas? – opinion

We become irritated when people fail to act as we expect. It infuriates us to see a representative of the organization sitting next to a masked terrorist, signing “release documents” for civilians.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByAMIT SLONIM
A Palestinian Hamas terrorist and a member of the Red Cross sign documents during the handover of hostages Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami as part of the hostage deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Eller is standing to the left, February 8, 2025.

Red Cross: We 'assisted in critical op.' allowing hostage families to lay loved ones to rest

The ICRC has been widely criticized across Israel for not visiting hostages in Gaza captivity and for partaking in Hamas's propaganda ceremonies.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Red Cross workers outside the Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, from where Palestinian terror convicts will be released as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, January 30, 2025.

Israeli hearts have been shattered, but the nation is still breathing - comment

Despite the heartbreak from the return of the slain hostages, we should not confuse tears for weakness or bowed heads for a nation whose spirit is broken.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByHERB KEINON
People pay their respects while the convoy with the bodies of four Israeli hostages arrive to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025.

Hamas forced Red Cross to take part in ceremony, threatening it would halt slain hostages' release

Ultimately, a Red Cross representative signed Hamas documents on a stage in Khan Yunis.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A drone view shows Palestinians and terrorists gathering around Red Cross vehicles on the day Hamas hands over the bodies of deceased hostages Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack.

Silence of 'human rights' NGOs on Bibas babies is complicity with Hamas agenda - comment

Intentional or not, the human rights regime has facilitated the Hamas agenda and hindered those that seek to stop them.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Pacifiers at Hostage square in Tel Aviv, on the day of the release of the bodies of four Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity, February 20, 2025.

Red Cross calls for private, dignified handover of hostages' bodies

"We must be clear: any degrading treatment during release operations is unacceptable," the ICRC said in a statement.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

Red Cross fails Jews with lack of hostage visits, Hamas condemnation - opinion

The Red Cross needs to provide answers and rectify its failures. Anything less would be a betrayal of the very mission they claim to uphold.

FEBRUARY 17, 2025ByMATTHEW GARCES
A HAMAS TERRORIST speaks with a Red Cross member before the release of hostages, in Khan Yunis, this past Saturday. For nearly 500 days, the Red Cross has failed to visit or provide medical assistance to a single hostage in Gaza, in complete violation of their mission statement, says the writer.

Only the return of hostages can lead to rebuilding our society - opinion

Public pressure and relentless protests played a key role in bringing Israeli hostages home—proving that unity and action can make a difference.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025ByMANUELA ROTSTEIN
RELEASED HOSTAGE Ohad Ben Ami is reunited with his family at Sheba Medical Center, this past Saturday. Ohad, Eli, and Or returned home; no need to add their last names – we all know exactly who they are, where they were, and how they were kidnapped on that cursed Saturday, says the writer.