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Anxious, optimistic: Families of female Palestinian prisoners await release

According to terms of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas, 150 Palestinian women and children will be released.

Al Jazeera

‘We’re alive’, then dead silence: A Gaza family trapped in Israel’s war

No one knows the fate of the Khayal family who tried to flee south during four-hour pause last Friday but were shot at.

Al Jazeera

‘The last time I saw my daughter was in a hostage video, I don’t know if she is alive or dead’

Mia Shem, 21, was at the Supernova music festival when Hamas miltants took her hostage

The Independent UK

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Two premature babies die, 37 under threat at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital

Neonatal intensive care unit stops working at under-siege facility with power outages and no fuel.

Al Jazeera

‘My father is missing’: Israel arrests Gaza patients in Jerusalem hospital

Israel claims the medical permits of the patients, relatives had expired. Palestinian officials say they’re in the dark.

Al Jazeera

Safe havens inside Israel could protect Palestinian civilians from Gaza

Letter: Israeli academics call for the establishment of temporary centres to house Palestinians displaced by fighting

The Guardian - UK

10 things you didn’t know about the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been supporting people through conflicts, disasters and emergencies for more than 150 years. Read on to discover 10 inspiring facts about one of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations

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'Now let them all go': Daughter's plea to Hamas terrorists as elderly mother released

Yocheved Lifshitz tells reporters Hamas hit her with sticks and kept her in a 'spider web' of tunnels

Evening Standard

London woman speaks of relief after mother released by Hamas

The Palestinian militants said they had released two hostages for humanitarian reasons on Monday evening.

Evening Standard

Mayor says West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 after fire and workers are ready to return

Maui County's mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1

The Independent UK

British woman speaks of ‘relief’ after hostage mother released by Hamas

Yocheved Lifshitz’s daughter says she ‘cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe’

The Independent UK

UN chief calls Gaza situation ‘dire’ – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can follow the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict here.

The Guardian - AU

FCDO vows to work for more hostage releases as British woman’s mother freed

London-based Sharone Lifschitz spoke of her relief that her Israeli mother Yocheved was handed over by Hamas.

The Independent UK

British woman speaks of relief after hostage mother released by Hamas

The Palestinian militants said they had released two hostages for humanitarian reasons on Monday evening.

The Independent UK

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US At Risk: Earthquake Preparation Crucial For All 50 States

American Red Cross urges nationwide earthquake drill to ensure readiness and safety.

The Independent UK

Biden ‘overjoyed’ by release of two American hostages kidnapped by Hamas

Mother-and-daughter pair are now with the Israeli Defence Forces after being turned over to the Red Cross by Hamas

The Guardian - UK

Square up: solutions for the British Red Cross’s special Saturday crossword

Find the answers for the Red Cross themed crossword published in the Guardian’s Saturday magazine on 21 October

The Guardian - UK

‘We gave all the support we could’: how the Red Cross responded to the Turkey-Syria earthquakes

Following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, volunteers such as Meltem Elmaci and specialist responders like Julia Brothwell were on the ground giving vital assistance

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Driving the hassle out of donating goods to charity

The Red Cross is hoping for record-breaking donations later this month with Uber picking up clothes for free in a bid to take the hassle out of giving.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of refugees could be made homeless in UK’s asylum backlog clearance

Red Cross warns 28-day ‘move-on’ process is not enough time for asylum seekers to find new accommodation

The Guardian - US

‘No time to grieve’: residents lament decision to reopen Maui to tourism

Two months after wildfires devastated West Maui, officials announce ‘phased’ reopening as locals struggle to survive

The Conversation

Morocco's earthquake and Libya's floods highlight obstacles to relief efforts, from botched disaster diplomacy to destroyed infrastructure

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Morocco on Sept. 8, 2023, causing widespread damage in mountain villages. Three days later, an unusually severe Mediterranean storm caused two poorly maintained Libyan dams to collapse, resulting in massive floods in and around the port city of Derna.

The Guardian - UK

Immediate aid and sustainable solutions: how the Red Cross is bringing relief to drought-stricken Kenya

Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing multiple, overlapping crises. In Kenya, where drought is affecting millions, the Red Cross has supported more than 200,000 people as part of its response – providing access to life-saving humanitarian support

Chicago Sun-Times

Two major Chicago-area hospitals are unaffected so far in national blood shortage

Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center officials say the shortage hasn’t touched them or affected surgical schedules. But both call on Chicagoans to donate blood and platelets.

The Independent UK

Stampede at opening ceremony of Indian Ocean Island Games kills 13 and injures over 100

Visuals from the rescue operations showed Red Cross workers tending to injured people near the athletics track

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