Contrary to a Hamas claim, the International Committee of the Red Cross says that it will not play a role in delivering medication to hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
In a statement, the ICRC says that it has been “engaging with the parties” in order to reach such a deal, which saw medicine from France delivered by Qatar to Egypt and sent into Israel.
But “the mechanism that was agreed to does not involve the ICRC playing any part in its implementation, including the delivery of medication,” the statement reads.
Earlier, senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk wrote on X that the ICRC will deliver all the medicines, including the ones destined for the hostages, to hospitals serving all parts of Gaza.
France, which helped mediate the agreement, is not involved in the transport of the medications either, its embassy in Tel Aviv says.
According to The New York Times, the medications will be transported to the hostages by employees of the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza.
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