Hostages and Gaza residents to receive medicines and aid • FRANCE 24 English
Trucks loaded with humanitarian supplies snake their way through the Rafa border crossing Wednesday it’s the First Time The Crossing has seen major traffic in weeks as the UN says an Israeli blockade has allowed through only about 6% of the amount of Aid that Gaza received before
The war this has led to risks of starvation and disease among gazan civilians The Crossing will see an influx of Aid resulting from a deal between Hamas and Israel broke with the help of France and Qatar French president Emanuel macron said the negotiation is part of a larger plan to end
Hostilities as I said we are conducting multiple humanitarian operations with our military with our diplomats with our cargo medicine and food drops on the outskirts and in the Gaza Strip but the priority is the ceasefire we have to reconcile the defense of Israel and the pursuit of terrorists with the preservation of humanitarian
Law neither Qatar nor France specified how much Aid will enter Gaza as a result of the deal but a senior Hamas official said that for every thousand boxes sent in for Palestinians one would reach Israeli hostages according to the agreement the Red Cross will provide 45 hostages who have chronic illnesses with
3 months worth of medication this is the first known agreement between the Waring sides since a week-long truce in November about half of the 240 hostages taken by Hamas were released during that time Hamas has said it will not release any others until Israel ends the war
A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong cease-fire in November. The medicines arrived in Egypt and were on the way to the border. A senior Hamas official said that for every box provided for the hostages, 1,000 boxes would be sent in for Palestinians. The deal also includes the delivery of humanitarian aid to residents of the besieged coastal enclave.
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2 comments
6% of aid needed before war when 85% of people still had roofs over their heads. Now they need much more. 6% is like nothing if it's not a starving population then I don't know what is it?
France trying to play nice while supporting G