Red Cross calls on Hamas to clarify fate of missing Israelis

The International Red Cross is urging the Hamas terrorist organization to clarify the fate of the five missing Israeli nationals it allegedly holds.

“The right to know the fate of missing relatives is a fundamental principle of humanitarian law,” the organization says in a statement. “Yet, recent video clips portraying the missing Israeli nationals and their families are giving rise to new speculations about their fate and adding to their families’ anguish.”

The statement came two months after Hamas’s military wing released a Hebrew-language music video that taunts the parents of two Israeli soldiers presumed killed in action in a war with the terror group, claiming the men are actually alive and captives in Gaza.

In addition, Hamas reportedly holds Israeli civilians Hisham al-Sayed and Avraham Mengistu, after they sneaked into the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Both men suffer from serious mental health issues, the HRW report said.

They are also reportedly holding a third civilian.

“Missing persons, regardless of their status – fallen or captured soldiers during fighting, or civilians taken captive by an adverse party – are protected by humanitarian law,” the ICRC says. “They and their families must be shown due regard under the law.”