According to a Jerusalem Post report, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said that Gilad Schalit’s kidnappers may permit representatives of the organization to visit him. The statement was made after a meeting with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.

“We asked for access to him and the possibility for him to communicate through us with his family,” Gnaedinger told reporters after the meeting. “We have been told that this is under consideration and that everybody is working on a positive solution for this case and that the humanitarian aspects are being taken care of.”