President Herzog delivers an urgent plea to the Red Cross, warning that Israeli hostages are on the brink of death from deliberate starvation by Hamas, demanding immediate medical and food aid.
In an urgent late-night call from Jerusalem to Geneva, Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric that Israeli hostages in Gaza are facing imminent death unless decisive action is taken now.
“The hostages’ health is collapsing — their lives hang by a thread,” Herzog declared, citing shocking footage of captives Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, whose emaciated bodies reveal bones piercing against their skin after months of systematic starvation.
Herzog accused Hamas of deliberately withholding food and medical care as part of a cruel psychological war, calling it a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. He urged the Red Cross to immediately deliver medical teams and supplies to save those still alive.
This comes just a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally pressed Julien Lerisso, head of the ICRC’s regional delegation, to intervene. Netanyahu condemned Hamas’s propaganda:
“They spread the lie of starvation, while in reality they are starving our hostages to death. The world cannot remain silent in the face of images that echo Nazi atrocities.”
Both leaders demanded that the international community denounce Hamas and Islamic Jihad, cut all support to them, and pressure for immediate humanitarian access.
The desperate warnings from Israel’s top leadership paint a grim picture — that without swift international intervention, the remaining hostages may not survive the coming days.
