Israel receives coffin Hamas says comprises physique of Gaza hostage

[ad_1] Israel has obtained a coffin that Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad mentioned comprises the physique of a hostage, Israel's army says.

Hamas's armed wing mentioned the physique had been discovered on Friday in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The physique has been transported to Israel by way of the Crimson Cross for identification.

Earlier than this handover, Hamas had returned all 20 residing hostages and 22 out of 28 deceased hostages beneath the primary part of a ceasefire deal that began on 10 October. 5 of the six lifeless hostages nonetheless in Gaza had been Israelis and one was Thai.

Israel has criticised Hamas for not but returning all of the our bodies. Hamas says it's onerous to search out them beneath rubble.

Throughout the first part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal, Israel freed 250 Palestinian prisoners in its jails and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Israel has additionally handed over the our bodies of 285 Palestinians in trade for the our bodies of the 19 Israeli hostages returned by Hamas, together with these of three international hostages - certainly one of them Thai, one Nepalese and one Tanzanian.

The events additionally agreed to a rise of support to the Gaza Strip, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces, and a halt to preventing, though violence has flared up as either side accused each other of breaching the deal.

Israel launched air strikes after accusing Hamas fighters of killing two of its troopers on 19 October and of killing one other soldier on 28 October. Hamas mentioned it was unaware of clashes within the space of the primary incident and had no connection to the second assault.

Israeli army actions have killed at the very least 241 individuals for the reason that begin of the ceasefire, in keeping with the Hamas-run well being ministry, whose figures are seen by the UN as dependable.

The Israeli army launched a marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 assault, through which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 individuals in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage. All however one of many lifeless hostages nonetheless in Gaza had been kidnapped within the assault.