Gaza, Aug. 4 -- Hamas said on Sunday that it is ready to comply with a request from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver food and medicine to Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip.
Abu Obeida, spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement that this step, however, is contingent on "the normal and permanent opening of humanitarian corridors for the passage of food and medicine to all areas of the Gaza Strip and the cessation of all forms of enemy air raids during the delivery of parcels for the hostages."
Obeida said the Brigades "do not intentionally starve the hostages," adding that "they eat what our fighters and our people eat, and they will not receive special privil...