Medicine deliveries to hostages: 'The decision is in Hamas's hands' Deliveries of medicine agreed between Israel and Hamas in a Qatar and France mediated deal entered Gaza late Wednesday, but it is not yet clear if it has been distributed to the hostages, who are being held in secret locations, including underground bunkers. The distribution of the medicine would be handled by local authorities in Gaza without help from the Red Crescent, FRANCE 24's Irris Makler said. "In the end, the decision is in the hands of Hamas," Makler said.