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Sep 23, 2026 · 3:00 PM UTC
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🛑The Red Cross now admits more Israeli hostages might have been saved.
THREE YEARS AFTER OCTOBER 7.
For more than two years, Israeli hostages endured Hamas captivity. They were starved, tortured and denied basic medical care. The Red Cross never gained access to visit them.
Now, Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric acknowledges that earlier pressure might have saved more lives.
You could have saved Hersh and others..
🛑The Red Cross now admits more Israeli hostages might have been saved.
THREE YEARS AFTER OCTOBER 7.
For more than two years, Israeli hostages endured Hamas captivity. They were starved, tortured and denied basic medical care. The Red Cross never gained access to visit them.
Now, Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric acknowledges that earlier pressure might have saved more lives.
Where was that pressure when hostages were dying? Where was the urgency when families were desperately pleading for help?
Hamas bears responsibility for these atrocities. But the Red Cross must answer for its own failures.
The hostages needed action, not explanations years later.
Too late for those who never came home alive. Too late for the families who buried them.
Source: Ynet ,The New York Times
Photo credit : Reuters
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