Medicine to be provided to hostages in Gaza – Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a new deal will help get medicine to Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza.

CBS News says that after some families of hostage visited Qatar, they told the mediators that their loved ones needed important medicine.

The medicine has not been sent yet, and we don’t know how it will be moved.

Israel thinks there are about 105 people being kept against their will in Gaza.

About 240 people were captured by Hamas in October, but later on 105 people were let go during a six-day ceasefire in November. It’s thought that at least 25 of the captives have died.

Both Hamas and Israel have agreed to let the medicine reach the captives, according to a diplomatic source quoted by CBS News, a partner of the BBC.

Mediators are helping both sides and international organizations figure out what medicines are needed, how many are needed, and how they can be delivered.

The Israeli prime minister’s office said on Friday that the medicine will arrive in a few days.

The statement also said that the agreement was made after David Barnea, who is the leader of Israel’s national intelligence agency Mossad, talked to Qatar.

A Palestinian leader told the BBC that they are talking about sending medical help to Gaza, including for the Israeli captives there.

In a letter to the Israeli war leaders, the Hostages Families HQ group said they have good information that some abducted people are in worse condition and in danger.

They said that at least 33% of the hostages were sick and needed to see a doctor regularly. Not seeing a doctor could be very harmful.

Since the attacks on October 7th, over 23,350 people, mostly children and women, have been killed in Gaza. This happened during Israel’s military response to the attacks, according to the health ministry run by Hamas.

Israel reports that about 1,300 people, mostly innocent civilians, were killed in the Hamas attack.