Israel will allow more aid into Gaza in exchange for medicine deliveries to hostages, Qatar says

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 22:50

A person wears a breathing tube while laying down on a gurney. Two people pull the gurney across the sand into a grey tent. — Patients receive treatment in a field hospital built by the International Medical Corps on January 16, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza.
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Qatar and France announced they brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to deliver medicine.
Hostages will receive medicine while more aid will be allowed into the besieged Gaza strip, Qatar says.
It is unclear how these supplies will be delivered and distributed.

Israel will allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza in exchange for medicine to be delivered to over 40 of the hostages, Qatar and France announced Tuesday.