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        <title>Red Cross meets officials at Israeli detention facility, not allowed to see Palestinian prisoners</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-cross-meets-officials-at-israeli-detention-facility-not-allowed-to-see-palestinian-prisoners/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head of the ICRC in Israel calls talks and tour of carceral center 'a step in the right direction' and vows to continue pushing for resumption of visits to detainees<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/10/julien--1024x640.jpg" title="Red Cross meets officials at Israeli detention facility, not allowed to see Palestinian prisoners" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Red Cross to meet Israeli officials amid push to renew visits to Palestinian security prisoners</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-cross-to-meet-israeli-officials-amid-push-to-renew-visits-to-palestinian-security-prisoners/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talks this week at a detention facility aim at letting humanitarian group resume meeting inmates, which halted after Oct. 7; Ben Gvir pans High Court for ordering lifting of ban<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/AFP__20250119__36UP72Z__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelIcrcConflictCeasefire-1024x640.jpg" title="Red Cross to meet Israeli officials amid push to renew visits to Palestinian security prisoners" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Red Cross hands four more civilians detained by Israel in security zone to Lebanon</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-cross-hands-four-more-civilians-detained-by-israel-in-security-zone-to-lebanon/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Israel-Hezbollah conflict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Aoun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFP reports two are Syrian nationals, though Jerusalem had referred to all four as 'Lebanese civilians'; PMO says they were interrogated and found to have no terror links<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/AP26247332669231-1024x640.jpg" title="Red Cross hands four more civilians detained by Israel in security zone to Lebanon" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>UN and Red Cross step up call for restrictions on &#8216;killer robot&#8217; weapons</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-and-red-cross-step-up-call-for-restrictions-on-killer-robot-weapons/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joint statement from agencies warns that world is 'dangerously close to crossing a moral red line' that would see 'the autonomous targeting of humans by machines'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/AP26237402862465-1024x640.jpg" title="UN and Red Cross step up call for restrictions on &#8216;killer robot&#8217; weapons" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>&#8216;I started cursing him in Arabic&#8217;: Ex-hostage reveals words to Hamas captor upon release</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-started-cursing-him-in-arabic-ex-hostage-reveals-words-to-hamas-captor-upon-release/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kibbutz Nirim]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yarden Bibas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rimon Buchshtab-Kirscht, whose defiant glare at terrorist upon release in Nov. 2023 went viral, mourns slain husband, recalls talking with Sinwar and Yarden Bibas, opens up about enduring sexual assault<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/07/vlcsnap-2026-07-20-12h38m50s886-e1784540464328-1024x640.jpg" title="&#8216;I started cursing him in Arabic&#8217;: Ex-hostage reveals words to Hamas captor upon release" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners fails as Haredim boycott vote</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-to-ban-red-cross-visits-to-palestinian-prisoners-fails-as-haredim-boycott-vote/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Itamar Ben Gvir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coalition chief reportedly asked opposition MKs not to vote against measure but was rebuffed; Ben Gvir feuds with Shas as he rails at the ultra-Orthodox party for boycotting vote<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/F251018CGFILE103-1024x640.jpg" title="Bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners fails as Haredim boycott vote" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>High Court annuls government ban on Red Cross visits for Palestinian security prisoners</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-annuls-government-ban-on-red-cross-visits-for-palestinian-security-prisoners/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Court unanimously rules state must allow for visits, doesn't give timeframe; government has justified ban by comparing conditions of Israeli hostages in Gaza, though none remain<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/AFP__20250119__36UP72Z__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelIcrcConflictCeasefire-1024x640.jpg" title="High Court annuls government ban on Red Cross visits for Palestinian security prisoners" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Hundreds of pallets of medical supplies enter Gaza for Red Cross field hospital</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-pallets-of-medical-supplies-enter-gaza-for-red-cross-field-hospital/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories COGAT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[COGAT says dozens of trucks carrying advanced equipment, generators, medications and beds transferred to Strip amid health crisis<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/05/IMG-20260507-WA0008-1024x640.jpg" title="Hundreds of pallets of medical supplies enter Gaza for Red Cross field hospital" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Lebanese PM declares day of mourning after &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; wave of IDF strikes</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-pm-declares-day-of-mourning-after-unprecedented-wave-of-idf-strikes/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lebanon says 182 dead, as IDF says it targeted 'hundreds' of Hezbollah operatives; Israel told residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to leave, but strikes in city's center came without warning<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20260408__A76T6FY__v3__HighRes__TopshotLebanonIsraelIranUsWar-1024x640.jpg" title="Lebanese PM declares day of mourning after &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; wave of IDF strikes" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Syrian government forces and Druze factions exchange prisoners in Sweida</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-government-forces-and-druze-factions-exchange-prisoners-in-sweida/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under Red Cross supervision, Damascus releases 61 prisoners while Druze National Guard Forces free 25 Syrian government personnel<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/02/AFP__20260226__98ZJ2HV__v4__HighRes__SyriaDruzePrisonersExchange-1024x640.jpg" title="Syrian government forces and Druze factions exchange prisoners in Sweida" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Israel returns remains of dozens of slain Palestinians to Gaza, Hamas health ministry says</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-returns-remains-of-dozens-of-slain-palestinians-to-gaza-hamas-health-ministry-says/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hamas says 54 bodies and 66 other boxes of human remains taken by Red Cross to Gaza City's Shifa Hospital for identification; Israel does not comment<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/02/DUAL-2-1024x640.jpeg" title="Israel returns remains of dozens of slain Palestinians to Gaza, Hamas health ministry says" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>A year after Assad&#8217;s fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-year-after-assads-fall-families-of-missing-detainees-languish-without-answers/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National commission probing fate of Syrians who vanished insists work must be careful, systematic; rights groups accuse it of slowing process by monopolizing information, resources<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20250129__36WJ9ZP__v1__HighRes__SyriaConflict-1024x640.jpg" title="A year after Assad&#8217;s fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/lazar-focus-did-the-red-cross-do-all-it-could-for-hostages-in-gaza/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reviews the troubling history of the International Committee of the Red Cross vis-a-vis the Jews with its head of delegation in Israel, Julien Lerisson<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/12/1-1-e1764915836232-1024x640.jpg" title="Lazar Focus: Did the Red Cross do all it could for hostages in Gaza?" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Israel says remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday are not of the final 2 hostages</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-remains-handed-over-by-hamas-are-not-of-ran-gvili-or-sudthisak-rinthalak/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forensic testing of remains delivered via Red Cross determines they are not of Ran Gvili or Sudthisak Rinthalak; Islamic Jihad says it's searching for body in northern Gaza<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/10/2fh-1-1024x640.jpeg" title="Israel says remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday are not of the final 2 hostages" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Red Cross says Hamas handed over &#8216;small remains, pieces&#8217; of a body; Israeli forensic experts checking</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-receives-findings-from-red-cross-after-hamas-handover-id-unclear/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hamas official said terror group was transferring hostage's body, but no official statement made; Qatar says it hopes to push Israel and Hamas to next phase of truce ‘very soon’<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2025/12/AP25335378455539-1024x640.jpg" title="Red Cross says Hamas handed over &#8216;small remains, pieces&#8217; of a body; Israeli forensic experts checking" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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