Live updates | A deal to get medicine to Israeli hostages includes aid for Gaza
abcnews.go.comMedicine is en route to Gaza after Qatar and France worked out a deal between Israel and Hamas
Medicine for hostages was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after Qatar and France brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas — the first agreement between the two since a weeklong cease-fire ended in November.
The deal came more than 100 days into a conflict that shows no sign of ending and has inflamed tensions across the Middle East, with a dizzying array of strikes and counterstrikes in recent days from northern Iraq to the Red Sea and from southern Lebanon to Pakistan.
And in Gaza, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees described appalling living conditions and lack of hope after visiting masses of displaced people — many of whom think it will be impossible to return home when the fighting stops because the destruction is so vast.
The Palestinian death toll rose to 24,285 people, Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday. In Israel, around 1,200 people were killed during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war and saw some 250 people taken hostage by militants.
Currently:
— A freed Israeli hostage relives the horrors of captivity. She fears for her husband, still held in Gaza.
— U.S. Senators reject Bernie Sanders’ effort to curb Israel-Hamas war. The vote signals rising unease.
— Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan. Islamabad says unprovoked strikes kill 2 children.
— A chaotic wave of attacks and reprisals in the Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war.
— Find more of AP's coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war.
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JERUSALEM — A ship came under attack in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the British military said, likely from a bomb-carrying drone launched by
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