The Palestinian militia reported that the recovery of the remaining bodies requires a “specialized team” to extract them from the rubble.
The Al Qassam Brigadesthe armed wing of Hamas, reported that this Friday that “as part of the prisoner exchange agreement“was going to proceed with the delivery of the “body of a prisoner Israeli exhumed in Gaza”. The Israeli Army confirmed that the Red Cross had received “the coffin of a hostage at a point in the south of the Strip.”
Outside the period established in the agreement signed by Israel, Hamas has already freed 20 live hostages and handed over the remains of ten of the 28 deceased.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qasem, He assured that by handing over the body of another hostage the group demonstrates that “it maintains its commitment to implementing the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip” and that it will continue working to complete the entire prisoner exchange process.
Hamas handed over the remains of another hostage to the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Gaza Strip
The agreement signed by Israel and Hamas last week required the Palestinian group to hand over the 48 hostages within 72 hours of the ceasefire coming into force, a deadline that expired at noon Monday.
However, the Palestinian militia claimed that it had already returned the bodies of the deceased hostages to whom it had access and He warned that the recovery of the remaining ones requires a “specialized team” to extract them from the rubble.
In fact, even Washington acknowledged in recent days that Hamas would need more time to locate them.
The Israeli Army unleashed a bloody offensive against Gaza after the attacks on October 7, 2023 that have left more than 67,900 dead and 170,000 injured to date. It is feared that the figure is higher, since bodies continue to be found in areas that were occupied by Israeli troops until a few days ago.
Source: Ambito
