Red Cross

Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap

The conflict erupted after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in support of the government the following year.

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Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, poses for a photo as members of the Supervisory Committee on the Detainees Release Agreement attend the closing ceremony of a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, in Amman, Jordan, May 14, 2026.
An Iranian nurse prepares medication at a hospital, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026.

Medical supply shortages loom in Iran as civilians bear the cost of ongoing conflict, UN warns

As Iran’s war continues, medical shortages loom, with critical supplies in jeopardy. The regime’s actions are felt globally, and citizens bear the brunt of the crisis.

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A woman walks near tents set up by displaced people, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

UK to provide over $6 million in emergency funding for Lebanon aid

"The actions of this proscribed terrorist group - at the instigation of the Iranian regime - are once again drawing the people of Lebanon into a conflict they do not want," Cooper said.

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Maronite Father Pierre al-Raei, in an undated picture.

Lebanese Maronite priest killed by IDF tank fire targeting suspected Hezbollah terrorists

Father Pierre al-Raei was a Maronite parish priest in a Christian village near the border who reportedly spoke out against Hezbollah terrorists and coordinated with Israeli authorities.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, JAMES GENN

Southern Lebanese call on Red Cross to provide basic needs to border area villages – interview

Originally from the Lebanon-Israel border area, A. discusses resilience against Hezbollah, disappointment with UNSC resolution 1701, urgent supply needs, and tabooed wishes for peaceful coexistence

NOVEMBER 7, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, June 25, 2024

Lebanese army says it fired on Israeli troops after second soldier killed in strike

Initially, the Lebanese military reported that an Israeli drone had struck an army unit working to enable the passage via the Marjeyoun-Hasbaya road of civilians to the town of Koukba.

OCTOBER 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Lebanese army soldiers secure the area of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment on al-Qaem street in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 26, 2024.

Ministers to Netanyahu: No Red Cross visits to Nukhba terrorists without hostage checks first

The High Court of Justice issued a conditional order according to which the state must explain why visits by the Red Cross's representatives to Israeli prisons should be prevented.

AUGUST 30, 2024ByYAKI ADAMKER
Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Red Cross at Rafah, this past week.

High Court: State must explain refusal to let Red Cross see Palestinian prisoners

The order follows a February petition from NGOs demanding that the Red Cross be allowed to visit and receive information on Palestinian prisoners.

AUGUST 26, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with president of the International Red Cross on December 14, 2023

My Word: Israel’s social cohesion vs. political divides

Haredi draft, hostage deal, and Hamas video. Israel's social cohesion was tested over the week as fear and lack of unity surges in Israel. "Together we will prevail,” is more than a slogan now.

JUNE 28, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
An Israeli flag [Ilustrative]

IDF responds to allegations of firing on World Food Program workers

The IDF added that they make "significant" efforts to avoid harming aid workers, UN facilities and international organizations in the Gaza Strip. 

JUNE 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
UN peacekeepers load boxes of food, clothing, water and blankets into a truck, donated by Greek Cypriots for distribution to earthquake victims in Turkey, at Ledra Palace inside the UN buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus, February 15, 2023.

The hostages' suffering demands urgent action - opinion

The human rights of the hostages are being unjustly denied. If your eyes are on Rafah but are not also looking for the hostages, then you are betraying humanity and accepting injustice.

JUNE 4, 2024ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
STUDENTS OCCUPY the street in front of the Sciences Po University building in Paris last month, in support of Palestinians in Gaza, with a sign that reads, ‘All eyes on Rafah.’

Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital

Staff at the new facility will be able to treat around 200 people a day and can provide emergency surgical care and manage mass casualties as well as provide pediatric and other services.

MAY 14, 2024ByREUTERS
Volunteers from Emirates Red Crescent prepare parcels with humanitarian aid for Gaza to be transferred through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Cairo, Egypt, March 30, 2024.

Attack on ICRC convoy in Sudan's South Darfur kills two drivers, wounds three

The team was on its way back from Layba to assess the humanitarian situation of communities affected by armed violence in the region when the incident occurred, the ICRC said.

MAY 3, 2024ByREUTERS
A boy sits atop a hill overlooking a refugee camp near the Chad-Sudan border, November 9, 2023. Hundreds of Masalit families from Sudan's West Darfur state were relocated here months after fleeing to the Chadian border town of Adre, following an ethnically targeted massacre in El Geneina.

Dehumanizing Palestinians has hurt Israel - opinion

Dehumanization plays a significant role in exacerbating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by perpetuating cycles of violence and animosity.

MARCH 26, 2024ByAYALA KRAMER
THE WRITER travels to Washington for the ‘March for Israel’ in November.