Medicines for Israeli and Palestinian hostages have entered Gaza, Qatar said on Wednesday, after the Gulf nation brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to provide vital medicines to the war-torn enclave.
The deal brokered by Qatar on Tuesday will include the delivery of medicine to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for medicine and humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.
“In the last few hours, medicine and aid entered the Gaza Strip, in implementation of the agreement announced yesterday for the benefit of civilians in the Strip, including hostages,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dr. Majed Al-Ansari.
“Qatar, together with its regional and international partners, continues its mediation efforts at the political and humanitarian levels.”
The medicine left Doha on Wednesday and headed to Egypt before being transported to Gaza, the ministry previously said.
Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official in Lebanon, said the deal depended on there being enough medicine for Palestinians in Gaza in addition to Israeli hostages.
Hamas has stipulated that for every box of medicine given to the hostages, Palestinians in Gaza must receive 1,000 boxes.
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