ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric stresses the importance of humanitarian action and political commitment as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement offers a glimmer of hope for lasting peace.

Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, coinciding with the return of three ...

Palestinians returning to their homes are finding them destroyed, with neighbourhoods reduced entirely to rubble.

Negotiators say they have reached a deal for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group, putting at least a pause on 15 months of devastating conflict in the Gaza Strip and ...

Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, once wrote, “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, ...

Emotional scenes are unfolding as Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are reunited with their families.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said its crews are ready to continue their role in facilitating the ...

While discussions continue about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the death toll rises, an international humanitarian expert ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the release and transfer of three hostages out of Gaza to ...

Hamas remained in power through four previous wars with Israel. With help from Iran it steadily enhanced its capabilities, extended the range of its rockets and built deeper and longer tunnels to hide ...

Mediator Qatar gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza on Monday, after a midnight “breakthrough ...

Once the guns fell silent, Palestinians celebrated in the streets of Gaza while Israelis streamed into Tel Aviv’s “Hostages ...