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French official says Paris working with Qatar to confirm if medicines reached hostages
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A French top official says France is working to get proof that medicines shipped to Gaza for dozens of hostages held by Hamas have been delivered.
The official, speaking about sensitive information on the condition of anonymity, says France is working with Qatar and other partners in the region “to get all elements of proof to know whether the medicines have been received” by the hostages.
A shipment intended for the hostages arrived in Gaza on Jan. 18 as part of a deal mediated by France and Qatar that represented the first agreement between Israel and Hamas since a weeklong ceasefire in November.
France said at the time that the deal called for providing a three-month supply of medication for 45 hostages with chronic illnesses, as well as other medicines and vitamins.
The Times of Israel Community.