Hamas says it will hand over three more hostage bodies

Hamas said it would hand over the bodies of three more hostages, even as the Palestinian militant group blamed Israel for violations of a tenuous ceasefire that has mostly halted the two-year war.

Israel is searching for the bodies of 11 hostages in the Gaza Strip and says Hamas has been too slow in handing over these bodies.

Hamas says it is working to recover human remains scattered under difficult conditions as quickly as possible.

The issue is just one of the disputes that have prevented the full implementation of a US-brokered ceasefire since October 10.

🟡 According to the information received, the Red Cross set out for the meeting point in southern Gaza, where the coffins of the dead hostages will be delivered. The Israel Defense Forces request that the public act sensibly and wait for the official…— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 2, 2025

One person was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday.

The Israeli military said its plane shot down a militant who posed a threat to its forces.

Al Ahli Hospital said one person was killed in an airstrike near a vegetable market in the Shejaya suburb of Gaza City.

“There are still pockets of Hamas in the areas under our control in Gaza, and we are systematically eliminating them,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his broadcast speech at the start of the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. he said.

Hamas published a list of what it described as Israeli ceasefire violations.

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the media office of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip government, denied that Hamas fighters violated the ceasefire by attacking Israeli soldiers.

The ceasefire calmed most of the fighting and allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to the ruins of their homes in the strip.

Israel withdrew its troops from positions in the cities and more aid was allowed to enter.

Hamas released all 20 live hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and war prisoners held by Israel.

Hamas also agreed to hand over the remains of 28 dead hostages in exchange for the bodies of 360 Palestinian militants killed in the war.

It’s reached 17 so far.

Meanwhile, the violence has not stopped completely.

Israeli forces have killed 236 people in attacks in the region since the ceasefire, Palestinian health officials said, nearly half of them in a single day last week when Israel retaliated for an attack on its soldiers.

Israel says three of its soldiers were killed and several fighters were targeted.

The ceasefire was mediated by the United States, and both sides appealed to the United States to stop the violations.

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine met with Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir during his visit to the region to discuss the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the Israeli military said.

Netanyahu said that any Israeli actions in the region would be reported to the United States.

Hamas said the United States did not do enough to ensure Israel’s compliance with the ceasefire agreement.

About 200 US troops have set up base in southern Israel to monitor the ceasefire and help plan an international force to stabilize the region, as envisioned in later stages of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war.

So far there are few signs of progress in the later stages, and major obstacles remain ahead, including a timeline for the disarmament of Hamas and the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.