Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians after militants return remains of an Israeli hostage
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was stated that Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Saturday. Remains of a hostage in Israel under the terms of a temporary ceasefire agreement signed in the two-year war.
The stock market has taken another step forward for the underdogs. US brokered ceasefire. As part of the agreement, Israel returned the remains of 15 Palestinians per hostage.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city said 15 bodies were brought here.
The return came shortly after Israel confirmed on Friday night that the remains returned were those of an Israeli man who died fighting Hamas. The October 7, 2023 attack that started the war. According to the statement made by the Prime Minister, the hostage’s body was determined to be that of Lior Rudaeff Benjamin Netanyahu office.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Rudaeff was born in Argentina and moved to Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, a farming community in southern Israel, as a child. He volunteered as an ambulance driver for more than 40 years and was a member of the community’s emergency response team.
The forum stated that he was killed in a Hamas-led attack and his body was taken to Gaza.
Since the ceasefire came into force on October 10, Palestinian militants have released the remains of 23 hostages, including Rudaeff’s body; five are still in Gaza.
Including the remains returned on Saturday, Israel handed over the bodies of 300 Palestinians. Health officials in Gaza It was difficult to identify the bodies According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, they do not have access to DNA kits and 89 bodies have been identified so far.
According to the terms of the ceasefire brokered by the United States, Israel must allow more aid to Gaza.
But aid efforts under the agreement still fall well short of what is needed in Gaza, according to United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Haqq. He said more than 200,000 tonnes of aid would be transported to Gaza, but only 37,000 tonnes, mostly food, had been accepted.
In the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel in 2023, approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage. israel sweeps military attack More than 68,800 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government and is staffed by medical experts, keeps detailed records that are generally considered reliable by independent experts.
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Frankel reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writer Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed to this report.
