The premier’s workplace stated he spoke to the ICRC coordinator for the area, Julien Lerisson, and “requested his involvement in offering meals to our hostages and… quick medical remedy”.
The ICRC stated in a press release it was “appalled by the harrowing movies” and reiterated its “name to be granted entry to the hostages”.
In response, #Hamas’s armed wing stated that it might permit the company entry to the hostages however provided that “humanitarian corridors” for meals and help had been opened “throughout all areas of the #Gaza Strip.”
The Al-Qassam Brigades stated it did “not deliberately starve” the hostages, however they’d not obtain any particular meals privileges “amid the crime of hunger and siege” in Gaza.
Over latest days, #Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad have launched three movies exhibiting two hostages seized through the October 7, 2023 assault on #Israel that triggered the continued battle.
The photographs of Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, each of whom appeared weak and malnourished, have fuelled renewed calls in #Israel for a truce and hostage launch deal.
An announcement from Netanyahu’s workplace on Saturday (August 2, 2025) stated he had spoken with the households of the 2 hostages and “expressed profound shock over the supplies distributed by the fear organisations”.
Mr. Netanyahu “informed the households that the efforts to return all our hostages are ongoing”, the assertion added.
Earlier within the day, tens of hundreds of individuals had rallied within the coastal hub of #Tel Aviv to name on Netanyahu’s authorities to safe the discharge of the remaining captives.
There was explicit outrage in #Israel over photographs of Mr. David, who gave the impression to be digging what he stated within the staged video was his personal grave.
The movies make references to the dire humanitarian circumstances in Gaza, the place U.N.-mandated specialists have warned a “famine is unfolding”.
EU overseas coverage chief #Kaja Kallas stated the photographs “are appalling and expose the barbarity of #Hamas”, calling for the discharge of “all hostages… instantly and unconditionally”.
‘#Hamas should disarm’
Ms. Kallas stated in the identical publish on X that “#Hamas should disarm and finish its rule in Gaza” — calls for endorsed earlier this week by Arab international locations, together with key mediators #Qatar and #Egypt.
She added that “large-scale humanitarian help should be allowed to achieve these in want”.
#Israel has closely restricted the entry of help into Gaza, whereas U.N. businesses, humanitarian teams and analysts say that a lot of what #Israel does permit in is looted or diverted in chaotic circumstances.
Many determined Palestinians are left to danger their lives searching for what help is distributed via managed channels.
On Sunday (August 3, 2025), Gaza’s civil Defence company stated #Israeli hearth killed 9 Palestinians who had been ready to gather meals rations from a website operated by the U.S.- and #Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) close to the southern metropolis of Rafah.
“The troopers opened hearth on individuals. I used to be there, nobody posed any risk” to the #Israeli forces, 31-year-old witness Jabr al-Shaer informed AFP by cellphone.
There was no remark from the army.
Five extra individuals had been killed close to a unique GHF help website in central Gaza on Sunday (August 3, 2025), whereas #Israeli assaults elsewhere killed one other 5 individuals, stated civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal.
‘Emaciated and determined’
Mr. Braslavski and Mr. David are among the many 49 hostages taken throughout #Hamas’s 2023 assault who’re nonetheless being held in Gaza, together with 27 the #Israeli army says are useless.
Most of the 251 hostages seized within the assault had been launched throughout two short-lived truces, some in alternate for Palestinians in #Israeli custody.
#Hamas’s 2023 assault resulted within the deaths of 1,219 individuals, largely civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally primarily based on official figures.
#Israel’s marketing campaign in Gaza has killed a minimum of 60,430 individuals, additionally largely civilians, in accordance with figures from the #Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry, that are deemed dependable by the UN.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society stated certainly one of its employees members was killed in an #Israeli assault on its Khan Yunis headquarters in southern Gaza.
Contacted by AFP, the #Israeli army stated it was “not conscious of a strike” in that space.
Media restrictions and difficulties accessing many areas imply AFP can’t independently confirm tolls and particulars offered by numerous events.
‘Provocation’
In #Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir carried out a Jewish prayer on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest website, and referred to as for the annexation of Gaza.
The website can also be revered by Jews because the Temple Mount, the holiest website in Judaism, although they’re barred from praying there below a long-standing conference.
This was the primary time a authorities Minister brazenly prayed contained in the compound, #Israeli media reported.
In a press release filmed on the compound, Ben Gvir stated that “the response to #Hamas’s horror movies” ought to embrace annexing Gaza and the “voluntary emigration” of its inhabitants.
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