Hamas says open to requests from Red Cross to deliver aid to captives

The spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said in a statement that the group is “ready to act positively and respond to any request" from the Red Cross to deliver food and medicine to captives.

"To accept this, we stipulate that humanitarian corridors must be opened normally and permanently for the passage of food and medicine to all our people in all areas of the Gaza Strip," Abu Obeida, the military spokesman, said.

"The Qassam Brigades do not deliberately starve the prisoners, but they eat what our fighters and all our people eat. They will not receive a special privilege in light of the crime of starvation and siege," he said.

He also said that Israel's air traffic of all kinds must be stopped during the times when packages are received.