War between Israel and Hamas: Medicines will be sent to hostages “in the coming days,” according to Israel

Finally some good news for the hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The prisoners will receive the drugs “in the coming days” under an agreement with Qatar. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that the negotiations allowed “the import of medicines for hostages held by the terrorist organization Hamas.”

A diplomat familiar with the negotiations with Qatar noted that “both sides,” Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement that holds power in the Gaza Strip, “have expressed a desire to allow the supply of drugs.” According to the source, “intermediaries are now clarifying details” about the type and quantity of necessary drugs, as well as the conditions for their delivery. “Delivery logistics are being discussed,” she continued.

For its part, a source close to Hamas confirmed that negotiations on the supply of medicines were taking place, but not their completion. Of the approximately 250 hostages abducted in southern Israel on October 7, 132 are missing, including 25 who died without their bodies being returned, according to Israeli authorities. About a hundred hostages were released during a truce in fighting in late November over Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners, a swap that had already been agreed through Qatar.

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At least a third of the hostages have chronic illnesses and require treatment, according to a report released Tuesday by the hostage family collective Bring Them Home Now. According to the collective, “many others were injured” during the abduction and require care, while others suffer from pathologies associated with conditions of captivity. The group of families has continued to pressure the government for the release of hostages since the start of the war, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack that has killed some 1,140 people, mostly civilians, on Israeli soil, according to authorities.

The Israeli military operation immediately launched in response to the Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of at least 23,708 people, most of them women, teenagers and children, according to the Hamas Health Ministry. The Israeli government’s goal in the war was to eradicate Hamas and free the hostages. “Time is running out,” Israeli government spokesman Eilon Levy said Tuesday, referring to the hostages’ health.