Hamas palms over three coffins it says include our bodies of Gaza hostages

[ad_1] Hamas has handed over three coffins it says include the our bodies of deceased Gaza hostages, in accordance with the Israeli army.

Israel has acquired the coffins, by way of the Purple Cross within the Gaza Strip, and transported them to Israel for formal identification.

If confirmed as deceased hostages, it will imply eight Israeli and international deceased hostages stay in Gaza.

Beneath the primary section of the US-brokered ceasefire take care of Israel that began final month, Hamas agreed to return the 20 residing and 28 lifeless hostages it was holding.

Israel has accused Hamas of being too sluggish to return the deceased hostages, whereas Hamas has mentioned it's working to get well our bodies trapped underneath rubble within the territory.

Hamas's armed wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, mentioned the stays had been discovered earlier on Sunday "alongside the route of one of many tunnels within the southern Gaza Strip".

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official X account mentioned: "The entire hostages' households have been up to date accordingly, and our hearts are with them on this troublesome hour. The hassle to return our hostages is ongoing and won't stop till the final hostage is returned."

Hamas and Israel have accused one another of violating the ceasefire.

On Sunday, an Israeli air strike killed a person in northern Gaza, in accordance with the Hamas-run well being ministry.

The Israeli army mentioned it had struck a militant that was posing a menace to its troopers.

Beneath the primary section of the ceasefire, all of the residing Israeli hostages had been launched on 13 October in alternate for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Israel has handed over the our bodies of 225 Palestinians in alternate for the our bodies of the 15 Israeli hostages up to now returned by Hamas, together with these of two international hostages - one in every of them Thai and the opposite Nepalese.

Previous to Sunday, 9 of the 11 lifeless hostages nonetheless in Gaza had been Israelis, one was Tanzanian, and one was Thai.

All however one of many lifeless hostages nonetheless in Gaza had been among the many 251 individuals kidnapped in the course of the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, throughout which about 1,200 different individuals had been killed.

Israel responded by launching a army marketing campaign in Gaza, throughout which greater than 68,500 individuals have been killed, in accordance with the territory's Hamas-run well being ministry.