While the international focus continues to guarantee the ceasefire in the Gaza Stripthe Palestinian movement Hamas confirmed this Saturday that at 10 p.m. this Saturday (local time) it will return to Israel the remains of two other hostages. On Saturday morning, the remains of Eliyahu Margalit, 75 years old.
Although the identity of the prisoners was not confirmed, it was learned that the bodies will once again be delivered to the Red Cross to make them available to the Israeli Army. Hamas would have 16 other hostage bodies, of which only one – that of Hadar Goldincaptured in 2014 – does not correspond to those captured in the attack on October 7, 2023.
Until now, There are 11 bodies returned by Hamas to Israel. However, the Abu Kabir Institute recorded that one of them did not correspond to any hostage. The Islamist group itself even informed the Israeli authorities that it did not have all the bodies in its possession. For example, this Friday images of large excavators in the town of Khan Yunissouth of Gaza, where the body of a hostage who died when the tunnel in which he was held hostage collapsed collapsed.
The remains of a 75-year-old hostage were returned
The office of the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahureported this Saturday the identification and delivery of the remains of a hostage returned on Friday by Hamas. They belong to Eliyahu Margalit and they were already delivered to their family.
According to the military statement, Margalit died during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 in Israeli territory, which triggered the war in Gaza.
The man, who was 75 years old at the time of his death, was kidnapped from the stables of the Kibbutz in Nir Ozan agricultural community that is very close to the border with the city.
He had a wife, three children and grandchildren: his daughter, Niliwas also kidnapped and returned as part of the hostage release agreement in November 2023.
UN asks Israel to open more border crossings in Gaza
The United Nations Organization (UN) claimed this Thursday to Israel to enable more border crossings in the Gaza Strip to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid destined for the Palestinian population. In response, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed out that there is a possibility that the Rafah crossing, key in the connection with Egypt, will be reopened next Sunday.
“More help is coming, but the last 23 hours have been difficult,” he acknowledged. Stephane Dujarricspokesperson for the UN General Secretariat, referring to the interruptions that prevented the passage of medicine, water and food to Gaza. He explained that the available crossings They were used to transport hostageswhile others remain blocked by debris.
“We are all still trying to adapt to the new reality on the ground, which I would say is positive, given that we have a ceasefire. We just hope things move at a more favorable pace.“, said Dujarric, in reference to the ceasefire in force after two years of conflict.
From the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)your boss Tom Fletcher He called for adopting a “practical approach” to eliminate logistical obstacles and called for increasing the number of available border crossings. “It is an essential intersection for our work. We are asking that all the steps be opened so that we can enter thousands of trucks every week“, he explained regarding the crossing of Rafah.
Source: Ambito
