<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>In a whistle-stop tour of Geneva on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen scolded the heads of international agencies, urging the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) chief to find a way to get access to hostages in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) director to condemn Hamas, and the UN secretary-general to resign.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In his meeting with ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Geneva, Cohen insisted that the organization put the issue at the top of its agenda and use all leverage at its disposal to visit the some 240 hostages taken captive by Hamas and other terror groups during the atrocities perpetrated in southern Israel on October 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Cohen decried the World Health Organization following a meeting with its head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying Hamas’s use of hospitals in Gaza as “cover for its terrorist activities” indicated a severe failure of the WHO.</div><div><br></div><div>The foreign minister also held meetings at the UN Office in Geneva, where he decried UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as unfit to lead the body following strong criticism he has voiced against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Red Cross must work through all channels to visit the hostages as soon as possible, including children, women and the elderly, held captive by the Hamas terrorist organization,” said Cohen following his meeting with Spoljaric Egger. - The Times of Israel</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>