INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Reuters) - Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45
Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians.The two countries
said the aid would leave Qatar for Egypt on Wednesday before being taken across the Rafah border crossing.Qatari foreign ministry
civilians in the Gaza Strip, in the most affected and vulnerable areas, in exchange for delivering medication needed for Israeli captives in
Netanyahu said two Qatari Air Force planes were to land on Wednesday in Egypt with medicines purchased in France based on an Israeli
going on for weeks and the initial idea had come from the families of some of the Israeli hostages.Specific medical packages for several
months, which were put together in France, would be delivered to each of the 45 hostages
The International Committee of the Red Cross will coordinate on the ground.France still has three nationals held in Gaza, but none of them
are in urgent need of medication, Lalliot said.Source: Reuters--Agencies
