ICRC facilitates safe transfer of 24 hostages and 1100 detainees

ICRC vehicles pictured in Gaza in January 2025. PHOTO: Saeed Jaras/Middle East Images/AFP

ICRC continues to assist in the hostage and detainee release. At the time of this posting, six phases of release operations had been carried out by the ICRC, facilitating the safe transfer of 24 hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 1100 Palestinian detainees from Israeli places of detention to Gaza and the West Bank.

During release operations, ICRC staff, including doctors, are on-hand to provide medical care and other support as needed. Pre-departure interviews are also carried out with detainees to assess their health and fitness for travel. 

The ICRC is prepared to facilitate further release operations as a humanitarian intermediary in the coming days and weeks. The ceasefire agreement must hold so that more release operations can take place, and more aid can enter Gaza. Learn more about the role of the ICRC in these operations, and updates to the operations here:

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/frequently-asked-questions-icrc-and-hostages-held-gaza