Hadassah – The Women’s Zionist Organization Of America, the owners of the Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem, sends what it says is an urgent letter to the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, who is due to visit Israel tomorrow.
In the letter, the group says the visit “is meaningless if you do not visit and treat the Israeli hostages in Gaza. We demand of you — fulfill the role for which you were established and take care of the hostages now, before it is too late.”
“It is unconscionable that for more than 60 days the ICRC has not met with the hostages held in Gaza, checked their physical and psychological condition, demanded assurances about the safety of the hostages, or delivered medicine.”
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