US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan appears to confirm Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that the Red Cross will visit the hostages not being released in the current truce deal.
Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether the Red Cross has been able to see the hostages and about the condition of the 10 hostages with either US citizenship or a US Green Card, Sullivan responds that he doesn’t currently know the conditions of all the hostages.
However, “as part of the agreement… by the end of the fourth day, that is by the end of tomorrow, we expect to have that information,” he reveals.
“It is part of the agreement that that be done by the Red Cross and we expect that to be fulfilled,” Sullivan adds, indicating that Red Cross staffers will visit the hostages and relay their conditions.
The Red Cross has repeatedly refused to confirm that it has been notified of this clause of the truce but insists that it will visit the hostages if both parties agree that it should. Hamas has yet to publicly confirm having agreed to such visits.
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