Israel and Hamas agree to exchange medicines for civilians in Gaza and Israeli hostages

The Government of Qatar announced today that Israel and the Islamic group Hamas They reached an agreement for the entry of medicines for civilians into the Gaza Strip in exchange for the delivery of the necessary medicines to Israeli hostages in the enclave.

The spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed bin Mohamed al Ansariannounced in a statement “the success of mediation by Qatar in cooperation with the friendly Republic of France, in which An agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas, through which medicines, along with other humanitarian aid, will be delivered to civilians in the Gaza Strip, in the most affected and vulnerable areas.

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In return, the spokesperson explained to Qatar’s official news agency QNA, the “necessary medicines for Israeli captives in Gaza.”

These medicines and aid “will leave Doha tomorrow for the city of Al Arish”, in Egypt, aboard two Qatar Armed Forces planes, in preparation for transport to the Gaza Strip, according to Al Ansari.

Four days ago, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced that the parties to the conflict had reached an agreement to deliver medicines to the 136 Israeli hostages still held captive in Gaza, but to this day No date has been set for his arrival and Doha has also not commented on the matter.

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However, Qatar – the main mediator, along with Egypt and the United States, in the Gaza war – It did not detail how the medicines would be delivered to the hostages.

During the release of the hostages in the truce at the end of November, it was the International Committee of the Red Cross, as mediator, who was in charge of facilitating the process of leaving the captives from Gaza to Israel.

Deaths in Gaza since the start of the conflict, on October 7, 2023, are around 24,300, 70% of them children and women, and around 8,000 missing people are under the rubble of destroyed buildings, according to Gaza authorities, in a area of ​​unprecedented devastation.

Source: Elcomercio

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