Israel receives physique Hamas says belongs to hostage

[ad_1] Israel has confirmed it has acquired a coffin Hamas says incorporates the physique of one other hostage.

Purple Cross autos collected the physique hours after Hamas issued a joint assertion with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad saying it had positioned it within the Khan Younis space of southern Gaza.

The Israeli prime minister's workplace stated the physique shall be transferred to Israel, the place will probably be acquired at a army ceremony earlier than present process an identification course of.

Affirmation that it belongs to a hostage would imply 25 out of 28 deceased hostages have been handed over to Israel below the primary part of the present ceasefire deal which kinds a part of a US plan to finish the Gaza struggle.

Beneath the ceasefire deal, Hamas agreed to return the 20 dwelling and 28 lifeless hostages it was nonetheless holding.

All of the dwelling Israeli hostages have been launched on 13 October in change for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

For every lifeless Israeli hostage returned, Israel has agreed handy over the stays of 15 Palestinians. However with no DNA testing accessible in Gaza, it's exhausting to establish them.

Hamas seized 251 hostages when it launched the lethal assault in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 throughout which it killed 1,200 folks.

Greater than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's retaliatory response, in line with figures offered by the Hamas-run well being ministry in Gaza, whose figures the UN considers dependable, however Israel disputes.

Earlier than the most recent handover, of the 4 our bodies nonetheless in Gaza, three have been Israeli and one was Thai.

Israel has accused Hamas of intentionally delaying the restoration of the hostages' our bodies, however Hamas has stated it's struggling to seek out them below rubble.