Hamas official: Medicine delivery deal includes boost in Gaza aid

A senior Hamas official said a Qatari-brokered deal to deliver medicine to Israeli captives in Gaza will include a boost in humanitarian aid for Palestinians in exchange. 

Musa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said on social media platform X that for each box of medicine designated for Israelis, 1,000 boxes will be given to Palestinians across the Gaza Strip. 

More food and aid will also be delivered to the besieged enclave as part of the deal. 

Abu Marzouk added the deal stipulates there would be no Israeli security inspections on the medication shipments, which are set to be delivered by Qatar. 

He accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "lying again" about the details of the deal, saying the quantity, distribution and delivery mechanism were determined by Hamas.