The first of two medical shipments for dozens of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas terrorists arrived in Egypt on Wednesday as part of a deal brokered by France and Qatar. He was on his way to Gaza.
A Qatar Air Force plane carrying medical supplies purchased in France based on an Israeli list landed at El Arish airport and Egyptian Red Crescent rescue teams were transferring it to the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, Egypt said. Officials confirmed.
As part of an agreement between Israel and Hamas, the first since a ceasefire in November, the remaining 45 hostages will be given three months' worth of medicine for chronic illnesses, as well as other types of drugs and vitamins. become.
Several elderly men are among the prisoners held in Gaza for more than 100 days.
The International Committee of the Red Cross will coordinate the delivery of supplies on the ground.
Under the agreement, Israel must provide evidence that the medical supplies actually reached the hostages.
Israeli official: “We hope that the drug deal will eventually materialize and that they will reach their destination.'' told the Jerusalem Post. “Qatar guarantees the delivery of drugs to the abductees. The success of this agreement will create a good dynamic towards achieving an agreement for the release of the abductees.”
In return, medical and humanitarian aid will be provided to civilians in the most “affected and vulnerable” areas of the Gaza Strip, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid al-Ansari said.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, wrote to X that for every box of medicine provided to the hostages, 1,000 boxes of aid will be sent for the Palestinians.
The International Committee of the Red Cross will distribute medicines to four hospitals serving the entire Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military will not be allowed to inspect boxes containing medicines, Marzouk said.
Hamas insisted that Qatar, rather than France, provide the medical supplies, citing the European country's “supportive Israeli occupation” stance, Can News reported.
French and Qatari negotiators spent months crafting the deal, but the initial idea came from families of some of the hostages, said Philippe Lariot, head of France's Foreign Ministry Crisis Center, which organizes the aid effort. It is said that it came out.
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