Christian Cardon
@CCardonICRC
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Chief Spokesperson - International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
Joined March 2010
A mix of hope, shock and devastation: this is the overwhelming experience those who manage to return to the north of #Gaza are sharing with us. Check this 👇🏽
Returning home isn't easy. Families in northern Gaza return to rubble and homes with no roofs. Exhausted from the long journey, many are overwhelmed with hope, shock and devastation. The ICRC is working to provide lifesaving support, but the road to recovery is long.
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Les images d’hier nous rappellent aussi que le @CICR_fr aurait du avoir accès il y a bien longtemps. Nous l’avons dit publiquement à maintes reprises et le demandons encore aujourd’hui !
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We are increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure future releases are dignified and private. The @ICRC consistently conveyed this message privately&publicly.
📍 Israel and the Occupied Territories | Today we safely facilitated the fifth release operation, bringing three hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 174 detainees from Israeli places of detention to Gaza and the West Bank. News Release ⬇️
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RT @ICRC_ilot: Today we safely transferred three hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 175 Palestinian detainees from Israeli detention centr…
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« today’s conditions underscore the importance of all parties upholding their agreements and ensuring operations take place in a safe and dignified manner. The security of these operations must be assured, and we urge for improvements in the future.”
📍 Israel and the Occupied Territories: More families reunited as ICRC completes third stage of release operations. Read more:
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RT @ICRC: 📍 Lebanon | With widespread destruction exacerbating existing economic and social crises in Lebanon, this pause in fighting must…
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Latest humanitarian update focused on what people are going through - once again - in eastern #DRC - by @ICRC Regional Director @PYoussefICRC - watch this 👇🏽
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RT @ICRC: 📍 Sudan | The devastating impact of conflict continues to escalate. Attacks on civilians & critical infrastructure (such as water…
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RT @ICRC: Today, on Auschwitz’s 80th liberation anniversary, we honor Holocaust victims and survivors. As we reflect on this solemn day, w…
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To better understand: - How we work? - Our added value and also our limits, - The massive challenges faced and those to come… Please take some time to read this 👇🏽
We know there are many questions about our work at this time. Please see our page below for clarifications:
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RT @ICRC_Africa: No matter the circumstances, every person deserves dignity, even behind bars. @terry_hackett, our Head of Persons Deprive…
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RT @ICRC: 📍Democratic Republic of Congo | The security situation is deteriorating in Sake, near Goma. Our medical teams at the CBCA Ndosho…
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More families reunited today in #Israel and Occupied Territories 🙏🏻. Now, @ICRC teams are already focused on the next sequence making sure these very sensitive operations are taking place as well/humanly/safely as possible.
The ICRC has completed the second phase of release operations, reuniting more families. for more details, please see our operational update:
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RT @ICRC: 📍 Yemen | Today, 153 conflict-related detainees were unilaterally released in Sana'a. We assisted the detainees to ensure their r…
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RT @ICRC: 📍Nord Kivu, DR Congo | As the security situation deteriorates around Goma, we have increased our capacity from 145 to 200 beds to…
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RT @ICRC: We facilitated the release and transfer of 3 hostages out of Gaza to Israel, and 90 Palestinian detainees from Israel to the occu…
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Hope and relief for families 🙏🏻 - The @ICRC helped facilitate release of 3 hostages and 90 detainees in Israel and Occupied Territories - Check more details here 👇🏽
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More about @ICRC role during releases operations… Thank you @ImogenFoulkes for this important piece.
Seems the right moment to reshare this: the @ICRC ‘s role in hostage releases.
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Today brings hope that respite may come soon and that families may be reunited. A possible end to the nightmare. We @ICRC are ready to do our utmost to help implement the agreement reached. We are also prepared to massively scale up our humanitarian response in #Gaza
📍Israel and the Occupied Territories | We, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), are ready to help implement the agreement reached by the parties and bring hostages and detainees home. Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, shares:
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