- Hamas will allow Red Cross aid to Israeli hostages only if humanitarian corridors open to Gaza
- Hamas conditions aid delivery on passage of food and medicine across all Gaza areas
- Hamas military wing issued the statement responding to Red Cross and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu requests
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday that it would only allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide aid to Israeli hostages on the condition that humanitarian corridors are opened to Gaza.
"(We) are ready to respond positively (to) any request by the Red Cross to deliver food and medicine to enemy prisoners. However, we condition our acceptance on the opening of humanitarian corridors... for the passage of food and medicine... across all areas of the Gaza Strip," Hamas's military wing wrote in a statement.
The response came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested that the ICRC help provide food to the hostages held in Gaza, and after the agency issued a "call to be granted access to the hostages" in a statement posted on X.
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