Hamas says 1,000 medicine packages to enter Gaza for every package sent to hostages

Hamas provides more details about an agreement brokered by France and Qatar to deliver medicine to Israeli hostages held by the terror group in Gaza.

Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk says that for each box of medicine provided to the hostages, 1,000 boxes would be sent for use by Palestinian civilians.

In a posting on X, he says the International Committee of the Red Cross would deliver all the medicines, including those destined for the hostages, to hospitals serving all parts of Gaza.

The agreement also includes the delivery of additional food and humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Abu Marzouk says Israeli authorities will not have the chance to inspect the shipments. He says Hamas insisted that Qatar provide the medications and not France because of the European country’s support for Israel.

This is the first agreement reached between the warring sides since a weeklong ceasefire in November. Hamas and other terror groups are still holding around half of the estimated 250 hostages they captured during the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war. Most of the rest were freed in November in return for the release of Palestinian security prisoners held by Israel.

Those remaining in captivity in Gaza include several older men and others who require medication for chronic illness.