Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (MVCK) to help secure food and medical assistance to Israeli hostages who are still detained by Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by his office, the AFP reported and the Times of Israel portal.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the head of the Red Cross delegation in our region Julien Lerisson and asked him to immediately take steps to provide food and medical care to the Israeli hostage detained in the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.
It happened shortly after Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad posted videos capturing two Israeli hostages in poor health, in which catastrophic conditions for life in the Gaza Strip are mentioned.
In this context, Netanyahu accused Hamas of spreading “Lies of starvation”, while hunger actually suffers from hostages who are exposed to “brutal physical and mental abuse”. “The world cannot remain indifferent to the shots that resemble the crimes of the Nazis,” stated Netanyahu.
At the same time He called on the international community to condemn Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and stopped all direct and indirect support of these groups, He stressed that their conduct is a clear violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions.
In response to Netanya’s call, MVČK stated that the hostages of detaining in the Gaza Strip “must immediately receive the medical care and the attention they need”. He further expressed his horrific from videos published in recent days on which the Israeli hostages are, and repeated the challenge, In order to make it possible for its employees to access hostages, which did not happen in 22 months since the beginning of the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip.
EU, France and Germany condemned Hamas videos with Israeli hostages
Representatives of the European Union (EU), France and Germany on Sunday condemned the videos of the Palestinian militant Hamas movement, depicting two Israeli hostages held in captivity in the Gaza Strip. According to AFP and DPA reports, TASR reports this. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad published this week Three videos of two hostages – Roma Braslavsky and Evjatar David. On young men to see the obvious signs of malnutrition and ejection. The shots also capture David as he kicks the pit he called in his video with his own grave.
French president Emmanuel Macron He said that the published videos testify to “inhumanity without restraint” and “disgusting cruelty” of this Palestinian militant group. “An absolute priority for France is the immediate release of all hostages,” wrote on the social network X. “We must achieve complete demilitarization of Hamas, its complete exclusion from any form of the government (Palestinian State) and the recognition of Israel Palestinian state, ” underlined Macron. He pointed out that The release of the hostages and the end of the conflict must be accompanied by a political solution. “This solution is a system of two states, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace,” explained by Macron. He followed his last week’s statement that France would recognize the Palestinian state in September.
In an interview with Bild German Chancellor Friedrich Merz In response to the published shots, he stressed that Hamas had no place in the future. At the same time, he called for Israel not to “respond to the cynicism of Hamas” by stopping humanitarian aid in the siege area where there is a threat of famine. The videos were also condemned by the head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas, who described them as evidence of the “barbarity” of Hamas. It insisted that Islamic militants must be disarmed and the remaining hostages released.
He also commented on the situation Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, who stressed that the inhuman treatment of Hamas with Israeli hostages deserves a very strong condemnation. “People in Gaza should not continue to suffer because of the abominable crimes of Hamas. They have to fold weapons and immediately release all hostages,” He wrote on the Platform X. of 251 hostages captured during the Hamas attack on Southern Israel, October 7, 2023, 49 is still detained in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army believes that 27 of them are already after death.
