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Netanyahu asks the Red Cross to provide food and medical care to hostages in Gaza

# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross to bring food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza. This comes after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released videos showing captives Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David in a visibly fragile state. Hamas says it is prepared to deal positively with any Red Cross request to deliver food and medicine to hostages, but only on the condition that humanitarian corridors are opened up in Gaza. Netanyahu has accused Hamas of not wanting a ceasefire deal.