1/16/2024-|Last update: 1/16/2024 11:17 PM (Mecca time)
The official spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majid Al-Ansari, announced the success of the mediation of the State of Qatar, in cooperation with France, in reaching an agreement between Israel and the Hamas movement, which includes the entry of medicines and a shipment of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially to the most affected and damaged areas, in exchange for delivering the medicines that the detainees need. Israelis in the Strip.
The spokesman explained in a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA) that medicines and aid will be sent tomorrow, Wednesday, to the Egyptian city of Al-Arish on board two planes belonging to the Qatari Armed Forces, in preparation for transporting them to the Gaza Strip.
Al-Ansari stressed the continuation of efforts with regional and international partners during the next stage, especially in the humanitarian aspects and medical evacuation within the framework of Qatari efforts to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
The Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said that the situation in the world is becoming more difficult and that the situation in Palestine is sensitive. He added during his participation in the Davos Forum that we must address how to end the war as quickly as possible and how to release Palestinian hostages and prisoners.
For his part, Strategic Communications Coordinator at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, said that American officials are holding serious discussions in Qatar in order to reach another agreement to release the hostages, and that Washington hopes that it will bear fruit soon.
In the same regard, the White House said that US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk focused during his talks in Qatar on the release of American hostages held in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera + Qatar News Agency (QNA)
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2024-01-16 20:03:45
