Israel, Hamas agree on deal to deliver medicine for hostages and more aid for Gaza
(VOVWORLD) - Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Hamas to deliver urgently needed medications to some 45 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians in Gaza.
 The aid is transported across the Rafah border crossing (Photo: timesofisrael.com) |
Philippe Lalliot, head of France’s foreign ministry crisis center which organizes aid efforts, said negotiations had been going on for weeks and the initial idea had come from the families of some of the Israeli hostages.
The aid will leave Qatar for Egypt on Wednesday before being taken across the Rafah border crossing. The International Committee of the Red Cross will coordinate on the ground.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said two Qatari Air Force planes will land in Egypt on Wednesday with medicines purchased in France based on an Israeli list.