{
  "id": 13516029,
  "title": "Red Cross chief says pressure to free Gaza hostages 'should have come earlier'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/red-cross-chief-says-pressure-to-free-gaza-hostages-should-have-come",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T19:48:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-10-10/ty-article/red-cross-chief-says-pressure-to-free-gaza-hostages-should-have-come-earlier/000001a1-2701-d90c-a7bd-af05dfd00000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president, Mirjana Spoljaric, has stated that pressure to free Gaza hostages should have come earlier. According to the Jerusalem Post, Spoljaric met with former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrange visits to Israeli hostages held in Gaza.\n\nSpoljaric described discussions with Haniyeh as \"tough\" and \"frank\", but noted that the ICRC has no access to the hostages. The ICRC president expressed her opinion that the hostages \"should have come back unconditionally as of day one\".\n\nThe Haaretz reported that Spoljaric also condemned double standards toward Palestinians and called on Israel to restore access to Palestinian detainees. She told the New York Times that earlier pressure for a Gaza deal could have saved more lives.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Red Cross chief says she tried to arrange Gaza hostage visits through talks with Hamas's Haniyeh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/red-cross-chief-says-she-tried-to-arrange-gaza-hostage-visits-through",
        "published": "2026-10-10T18:44:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}