A deal to allow the delivery of medicines to
hostages in Gaza and aid into the territory has been agreed following
mediation by Doha and Paris, Qatar and Israel announced on Tuesday.
In a statement to the official Qatar News Agency (QNA), Doha announced the
deal “between Israel and (Hamas), where medicine along with other
humanitarian aid is to be delivered to civilians in Gaza… in exchange for
delivering medication needed for Israeli captives in Gaza”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed the deal and
said: “The medicines will be forwarded by Qatari representatives in the Gaza
Strip to their final destination.”
The drugs are intended for 45 hostages, according to the French presidency,
which said 83 were initially identified as needing medication in November,
but 38 have since been released or killed.
After the medicines arrive at a hospital in the southern Gaza border town of
Rafah on Wednesday, they will be received by the International Committee of
the Red Cross, divided into batches and immediately transferred to the
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