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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Peter Maurer

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer at a press conference at the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem, September 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 7, 2017, 10:34 pm
Red Cross chief blasts settlements as ‘key humanitarian challenge’
Peter Maurer laments ‘process of de facto annexation,’ says Hamas violates humanitarian law by withholding information on missing Israelis
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 6, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 6, 2017, 6:39 pm
Netanyahu tells Red Cross chief of unbelievable Hamas ‘cruelty’
Meeting Peter Maurer, PM says terror group’s holding of Israeli citizens and bodies of slain soldiers contravenes all international norms
By Alexander Fulbright
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer left, shakes hands with Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar following a meeting in Gaza City, September 5, 2017. (AFP/MOHAMMED ABED)
September 5, 2017, 2:09 pm
In Hamas talks, Red Cross chief asks to visit missing Israelis
Peter Maurer meets with terror group chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza Strip, laments situation of civilian population
By Stuart Winer
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
September 5, 2017, 10:10 am
Red Cross chief to raise missing Israelis in talks with Hamas
Peter Maurer heads to Gaza Strip for meeting with terror group’s new Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar, will discuss fate of 3 civilians and remains of 2 IDF soldiers
By Stuart Winer
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
February 26, 2016, 3:45 am
Syria’s need for humanitarian help rises, Red Cross chief says
In Homs, residents ‘sometimes’ get access to some food, water, medical services, ‘and sometimes for weeks they don’t’
By Maeva Bambuck
A group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem, Syria on October 30. (photo credit: AP/Mustafa Karali)
November 8, 2012, 5:21 pm
Red Cross says it can’t cope with worsening Syria civil war
International committee overwhelmed by the dire need of hundreds of thousands of people
By John Heilprin
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. (AP/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
September 7, 2012, 4:11 pm
Red Cross chief reports ‘positive’ talks with Assad in Damascus
Peter Maurer says Syrian president ‘seriously interested in’ solving humanitarian crisis caused by civil war
A Syrian girl who fled her home due to fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels waits her turn to buy bread and eggs near a border crossing with Turkey, on Monday, September 3 (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)
September 4, 2012, 1:20 pm
Assad tells Red Cross he will support group if it remains impartial
Visit by ICRC head comes as Syrian violence hits zenith; 100,000 refugees in August
By AP and ToI Staff
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