A spokesperson for the International Red Cross tells CGTN it is ready to provide aid to Israel and Hamas but first it needs a guarantee of safe passage.
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00:00 "Idan, it's your brother Omri, Idan Shtivi.
00:07 We will not give up and come to save you.
00:12 The whole country and the whole world is around this."
00:15 "We will continue, of course, to publicly call for the immediate release of those held
00:20 hostage and our access to them.
00:22 At this time, we do not have access to the hostages and what we need in order to access
00:28 them is an agreement from the parties to the conflict.
00:31 We don't take part in this negotiation, we are not a political organisation, but in order
00:37 for us to have that access in a very complex operation, we need a very firm agreement from
00:43 both sides that this is something that they are firm on, they're solid on and that they
00:47 agree to.
00:48 We are ready whenever this may be reached to access the hostages, to facilitate another
00:55 release and to provide them, of course, with the medications that they may need so that
01:02 they can also be reunited with their families.
01:04 It would be impossible to do so and it would not be safe for the hostages themselves to
01:09 be doing this while there is active armed hostilities ongoing.
01:13 This is why we need a firm agreement from both sides to the conflict.
01:18 We are ready to do our part and step in as the neutral intermediary, but we do not have
01:23 political affiliations, we do not have weapons, we cannot kick doors down without this agreement.
01:30 (speaking in foreign language)