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Qatar announces agreement to deliver aid, medicine to Gaza

Gaza: Qatari-brokered agreement reached between Israel, Hamas to deliver aid to civilians, hostages
World
26 min read
16 January, 2024
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Qatar’s foreign ministry has announced that an agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas, which will see medication and humanitarian aid delivered to civilians in Gaza in exchange for delivering medications needed for Israeli captives held by Hamas.

Qatari spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said the agreement was reached through Doha mediation in cooperation with France.

Medications and aid will leave Doha tomorrow to the Egyptian city of Arish in preparation for their transport into the Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry

In Gaza, health authorities reported that the death toll had surpassed 24,000, as the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes under intense international pressure to end the fighting as civilian deaths soar and the humanitarian crisis deepens.

Gaza's press office said Tuesday morning that Israeli strikes had killed another 78 people overnight.