Following mediation by Doha and Paris, an agreement has been reached to permit the entry of aid and the delivery of medicine to hostages in Gaza, Qatar and Israel said on Tuesday.
Doha confirmed the agreement “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” in a statement to the official Qatar News Agency (QNA).
The agreement has been verified by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which stated, “Qatari representatives in the Gaza Strip will facilitate the transfer of the medicines to their ultimate destination.
The French presidency has reported that the medications are designated for 45 hostages. Initially, 83 individuals requiring medication were identified in November, but 38 of them have since been released or killed.
Upon their arrival at a hospital in the southern Gaza border town of Rafah on Wednesday, the drugs will be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Subsequently, they will be divided into batches and promptly delivered to the hostages.
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