This Monday, Israeli authorities handed over the bodies of 15 more Palestinians. Retained after the October 7, 2023 attack; The attack on the Gaza Strip began on Sunday after the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) handed over the body of Hada Goldin, a soldier killed in an ambush in 2014.
“Today, we received the bodies of 15 martyrs following their handover from the Israeli occupation forces, bringing the total number of bodies of 15 martyrs into the interment. Remains of martyrs received increased to 315“Less than 90 bodies have been identified so far, the Gaza Ministry of Health said in a message on its Telegram account.
Medical officials quoted by the Palestinian news agency WAFA said: The body was removed by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The (ICRC) dispatched to Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, located in the southern Strip, within the framework of an agreement reached in mid-October between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
The agreement between the aforementioned parties to implement the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal stipulates that Israel must hand over. Bodies of 15 Palestinians For each deceased hostage returned by Hamas. Meanwhile, the ministry said in the past 24 hours: 1 person confirmed dead One was killed by Israeli gunfire, another from a previous wound, and the body of the other was recovered from the rubble.
Thus, the death toll and 170,693 injuries from Israeli attacks after the October 7, 2023 attack increased to 69,179, and at least 242 since the ceasefire took effect on October 10. 622 injuries were also recorded during this period and 529 bodies were recovered. However, the Gaza Ministry of Health emphasized that:Victims are still lying in the rubble and on the streets since the ambulance arrived. The death toll is thought to be even higher as civil protection teams have not been able to retrieve them.