📍Hostage Square, Tel Aviv In Israel, families long to see loved ones again as 50 hostages remain held in Gaza. The ICRC calls for their immediate release and stands ready to help as a neutral intermediary, to visit them, provide aid, and connect them with their families.

“The Geneva Conventions...continue to remind us most forcefully of our common obligation to care for each other even, and particularly, in conditions that foster behaviour to the contrary..." Nelson Mandela in 2003 speech. Read more here 👉 ms.spr.ly/6016sBvRk

📍 DRC We stand ready to help facilitate the release of people detained in relation to the conflict under a declaration agreed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Congo River Alliance/M23 Movement (AFC/M23). News release ▶️ ms.spr.ly/6013sDkgv

Much like the physical battlefield, the online battlefield also has limits that apply in war time. Read more here: ms.spr.ly/6012sDlLY

When disruptions to connectivity cross a red line…

.Nigel Holderby #bekind talks about the American Red Cross's role when a storm is raging around a community. Find out more about disaster response work on the latest episode of Intercross. 🎧 📻 ms.spr.ly/6014sEArM

" We're witnessing on a daily basis the killing of civilians, the injury of civilians, and a thousand dignities are lost every day in Gaza," my colleague Hisham Mhanna tells EWTN News's Erik Rosales from Deir Al-Balah in Gaza.

Red Cross messages are a lifeline for people in prison or separated by conflict. How can one message carry a thousand feelings?

📍 Iraq | Six years of displacement stole Jaafar’s family's orchard in Sinjar. When he returned after the war, he found dry land and fading memories. But he didn’t give up. With our support, he planted his first olive sapling by hand. This is his story 👇🏽

📍 Syria | We have reached Sweida with a multidisciplinary team to support communities affected by violence and shortages. But we know this is not enough. Ongoing humanitarian efforts and safe access are urgently needed to meet critical needs. Read more:

📍 Haiti | Violence in Port-au-Prince has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. We met Fadia in a makeshift site that she shares with other displaced people. "Life is becoming miserable, everyone is terrified", she shared 👇🏽

Even behind bars, every person deserves to be treated with dignity. We work to support prison facilities so that detainees can communicate with their loved ones.

We are appalled by the recent videos published of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. This dire situation must come to an end.

When war breaks out, detaining authorities are responsible for ensuring humane treatment of those they detain. Under international humanitarian law, torture and ill-treatment are strictly prohibited. This is how we can help, and what we cannot do 👇🏽

On 29 August 1945, ICRC delegate Fritz Bilfinger arrived in Hiroshima and was the first outsider to witness the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb. The next day, he sent a telegram to 赤十字国際委員会 . This is what he wrote 👇

Thank you @RedCrossCanada & Development Canada for standing with us. Your support keeps programs like our field hospital in Rafah running – a lifeline delivering urgent surgeries, newborn care & hope to families in Gaza. Partnerships like this turn solidarity into action on the ground.

Why Does International Humanitarian Law Still Matter?

📍 Putumayo, Colombia | Through our neutral intermediary role, we facilitated the release of one person who was held captive by Comandos de la Frontera - EB. We stand by, ready to facilitate any future humanitarian operations.

Since May 27, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah has treated over 4,500 weapon-wounded patients, most of whom said they were reaching food distribution sites when injured. It is unacceptable that people are being injured and killed while trying to feed their families.

We welcome the recent ceasefire announced by Thailand and Cambodia. We stand ready to continue supporting. Read more 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6014sOnHr