Red Cross Still Not Seeing Israeli Captives
16:16 Sep 10, '06 / 17 Elul 5766
by Hillel Fendel

Regarding the three Israeli captives, the ICRC has been unable to fulfill its mission to "protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance."

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson in Tel Aviv, Sharon Yechezkel-Oron, told Arutz-7 today that though the organization has made, and continues to make, efforts to see the three Israeli soldiers most recently abducted by Hamas and Hizbullah, the kidnappers refuse to allow such visits.

Asked what public pressure the ICRC is exerting in order to get to see the three, the spokesperson noted the issuance of several press statements expressing the organization's concern over the plight of the abducted soldiers.

The last such press announcement was issued on August 9, stating that ICRC president Jacob Kelenberger had arrived in Israel and would discuss with Israeli officials "the humanitarian situation in northern Israel and in Lebanon, access to those in need, and the fate of captured soldiers and other people detained in connection with the conflict."