Israel receives physique Hamas says is Gaza hostage

[ad_1] Hamas has handed over a physique that it says is a hostage, the Israeli army has mentioned.

The physique was transported by the Purple Cross to Israeli forces in Gaza, and has returned to Israel for formal identification.

Earlier than Monday, Hamas had handed over all 20 dwelling hostages and 12 out of 28 deceased hostages beneath the primary part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal that started on 10 October.

There was anger in Israel that Hamas has not but returned all of the deceased hostages, with the Israeli army saying the Palestinian armed group "is required to uphold the settlement and take the required steps to return all of the hostages".

Hamas has mentioned it faces problem discovering our bodies beneath rubble in Gaza.

Underneath the settlement, Israel has additionally freed 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza, and returned 15 our bodies of Palestinians in return for each Israeli hostage's stays.

The primary part has additionally seen a rise of assist into the Gaza Strip, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces, and a halt in combating - although lethal violence flared up on Sunday as either side accused each other of breaching the deal.

Israel mentioned it struck dozens of Hamas targets throughout the Strip after accusing Hamas of an assault that killed two of its troopers in Rafah. Hamas had mentioned it was "unaware" of any clashes within the space, which is beneath Israeli management.

No less than 45 Palestinians have been killed within the strikes, native hospitals mentioned.

On Sunday night, Israel mentioned it was resuming enforcement of the ceasefire, including that it might "reply firmly to any violation of it". Hamas had earlier mentioned it remained dedicated to the settlement.

US President Donald Trump mentioned the truce remained in place, as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner travelled to Israel.

The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) at the moment holds about half of Gaza, demarcated by a so-called Yellow Line.

With Palestinians expressing confusion in regards to the actual location of the road, the IDF has put out a video displaying bulldozers towing yellow blocks into place to mark it out.

On Monday, Palestinian well being officers mentioned Israeli hearth killed three folks east of Gaza Metropolis. The IDF mentioned its troops fired in the direction of "a number of terrorists" who crossed the Yellow Line within the Shejaiya space.

The Israeli army launched a marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 assault, by which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 folks in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage.

No less than 68,216 folks have been killed by Israeli assaults in Gaza since then, based on the Hamas-run well being ministry, whose figures are seen by the UN as dependable.