A top Hamas official announced new conditions Wednesday for delivering medicines to hostages held by the group in Gaza, insisting trucks carrying the drugs must not be inspected by Israel.
Israel stepped up strikes Wednesday on war-torn Gaza's south, where medicines were expected to be delivered for hostages in exchange for humanitarian aid under a newly brokered deal. But nearly 24 hours after the deal was announced, a top Hamas official set new conditions for providing the drugs, insisting Israel must not inspect the trucks carrying them. Air strikes and artillery fire targeted Khan Younis throughout the night, said an AFP correspondent in the southern Gaza Strip's biggest city.
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Medicine for hostages and fresh aid for civilians entered war-torn Gaza on Wednesday under a newly brokered deal, mediator Qatar said, as Israel intensified strikes on the Palestinian territory's south.Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said medicine for hostages and aid entered Gaza "over the past few hours" under the agreement announced on Tuesday following French and Qatari mediation.
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