Israeli envoy to US urges Red Cross to help secure release of captives held by Hamas

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog meets with a pair of senior International Red Cross officials in Washington, urging them to work to secure the release of the roughly 220 hostages that were taken into Gaza by terror groups during the October 7 Hamas onslaught in southern Israel.

Herzog also delivers the Red Cross officials thousands of birthday cards that were sent to Ohad Zichri, an Israeli boy who turned nine yesterday while in Hamas captivity.

“I call on the Red Cross to act against the war crimes of Hamas by ordering the return of all the hostages unconditionally, demanding an immediate visit by the Red Cross to all the hostages and to deliver the birthday letters to Ohad,” Herzog says in a statement after the meeting.

“I thank the president of the Red Cross in the United States, Gail McGovern, and the representative of the International Red Cross in the United States and Canada, Patrick Hamilton, who met with me today, and I thank the organization for cooperating with the Israeli government on this urgent humanitarian issue,” he says.