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The International Red Cross: Abandoning the People It Was Established to Protect
(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has done little to help the Israeli hostages in Gaza to secure medical care and food, despite its core mission to support hostages and prisoners of war. U.S. officials point to hostage release ceremonies earlier this year when Hamas paraded starving Israeli captives before jeering Gazan mobs and the Red Cross, which boasts of its neutrality, appeared on stage with Hamas terrorists to shake hands and sign paperwork. A senior Trump administration official said they were horrified by the recent videos showing two emaciated Israeli captives. "The ICRC is abandoning the very people it was established to protect. Almost two years since Oct. 7, it still hasn't delivered humanitarian aid and medical care to the hostages in Gaza. It's shameful that the Red Cross is still standing on the war's sidelines while civilians are starved and tortured in captivity. That the Red Cross keeps shunning aid for the hostages but participates in Hamas's propaganda ceremonies tells you everything you need to know about whose side they're on." A former senior Israeli defense official said, "Once again, when it comes to Jews being kidnapped, raped, starved, and murdered, the Red Cross is simply MIA. What a disgrace. For 666 days they've sat on the sidelines while Israeli civilians have been held in Holocaust-like conditions."