Qatar-led talks in works to get medicine to Israeli hostages in Gaza -- report

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The Israeli official briefed on the talks said discussions were underway with international organizations on how to get the medicine to the hostages, who have had no access to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since being abducted on October 7, during Hamas’s murderous onslaught across southern Israel where terrorists killed 1,200 and took 240 others hostage.

Israel has blasted the Red Cross as a mere Uber service that has sufficed with ferrying hostages released by Hamas to the border while failing to visit them in captivity or even ensure that much-needed medicines reach those being held, men, women, children and the elderly. The international aid group has retorted that publicly pressuring Hamas on these issues would not work and risks robbing the group of its perceived status of neutrality that allows it to operate in conflict zones around the world.

Last month, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric sparked fury in Israel for saying in an interview with Israeli TV that saying it was up to Israel to work out the issue with Hamas. “The fact that so many hostages have been denied the medications they need is a death sentence,” Daniel Lifshitz, whose 83-year-old grandfather Oded Lifshitz is held in Gaza told the New York Times. “They should have received what they needed on the first day.”

Some 132 hostages are believed to remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were released from Hamas captivity during a weeklong truce in late November. Four hostages were released prior to that, and one was rescued by troops. The bodies of eight hostages have also been recovered and three hostages were mistakenly killed by the military.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/qatar-led-talks-in-works-to-get-medicine-to-israeli-hostages-in-gaza-report/

ZERO international humanitarian aid for the hostages since October 7.

Anyone outraged?... Anyone?...

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1. "Anyone outraged?... Anyone?..."

Oh, wait. Were you being serious?

Short of some "uppity" Jews and our actual allies, the resounding answer would be ...



They are too busy, you see...

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Protesters pose for a picture while holding a sign that says "Hamas" at a rally in El Cerrito, Jan. 6. (Photo/Courtesy)
From: Israeli flag burned as pro-Palestinian march in East Bay turns violent

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2. I did find this...didn't know about it.

For nearly 100 days, this group has hung ‘Bring Them Home’ banners on a Walnut Creek overpass

Almost every day since Oct. 7, an ad hoc group of Bay Area volunteers have displayed banners and flags on a windy overpass above the packed lanes of Highway 24 near Walnut Creek, calling for the release of the hostages in Gaza.

They come at afternoon rush hour, unfurling large signs reading “Kidnapped” and “Bring Them Home Now” and waving Israeli and American flags to remind drivers streaming by that lives are still at stake.

For one of the group organizers, Yoav Harlev, the action is deeply personal.

Harlev, who comes from a kibbutz near the Gaza border, said he knows many of the people who were killed or kidnapped on Oct. 7, when Hamas infiltrated Israel’s border communities, murdering 1,200 and taking an estimated 240 hostages.

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