Israel Gaza war: Deal to deliver aid to Gaza, including hostages

Israel and Hamas have agreed to let more help go into the damaged Gaza. Qatar helped in the making of the agreement.

They say that Hamas will give medicine to hostages with the help of Qatar and France.

In return, Israel will let more necessary things go into Gaza. The situation in the area is very bad because of three months of Israeli bombing.

The US is hopeful that more discussions could help release more hostages.

The person from the US who deals with the Middle East went to Qatar to talk about making a deal. This was mentioned by John Kirby, who works for the White House and deals with national security.

He said the conversations were “very serious and focused”. “We hope it will be successful and happen soon. ”

Hamas took people from Israel as hostages.

Before, a person from Qatar’s government named Majed Al Ansari said that an agreement about help was made.

According to the agreement, the aid items will be sent from the city of Doha in Qatar to Egypt on Wednesday. The help will be sent to Gaza to help the people who live there, and medicines will be given to Israeli prisoners.

Over 132 people are believed to still be held captive in Gaza.

Hamas caught about 240 people in a series of attacks in southern Israel on 7 October. Around 1,300 people, most of them regular people, died.

The Hostages Families HQ group wrote a letter to Israel’s war cabinet. They said that many people who had been kidnapped needed to see a doctor regularly and some were in danger right now. This was after a ceasefire ended last year.

Last week, the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, David Barnea, asked Qatar to make a deal to provide the medicines Israel needs.

On Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu said thank you to everyone who helped.

The fighting between Hamas and Israel in October led to a lot of bombings in Gaza. More than 24,000 people have died, most of them are women and children, according to the health ministry in Gaza.

Officials from Palestine say that 85% of the people in Gaza have been forced to leave their homes. More help is reaching Gaza now, but the UN’s humanitarian boss says the situation there is very bad.

Many countries want Israel to stop fighting in Gaza because many innocent people are getting hurt.

Even the US, which is a strong supporter of Israel, has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that too many innocent civilians are being killed.

US State Secretary Anthony Blinken said that 90% of the people are still struggling to get enough food. This is especially harmful for children and can affect them for their whole life.

“Gaza needs more food, water, medicine, and other important things. “