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Palestinians watch members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Alamy Stock Photo
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Israel returns remains of 15 Palestinians to Gaza
The Gaza health ministry said that some of the bodies returned today bore signs of “abuse, beatings, handcuffing and blindfolding”.
ISRAEL RETURNED THE bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza today, bringing the total number handed over to 135, the territory’s health ministry said.
Under a ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned.
Late yesterday, Hamas handed over the body of another Israeli hostage.
Since the ceasefire began, Hamas has handed over the bodies of nine Israelis and one Nepalese student.
The Gaza health ministry said that some of the bodies returned today bore signs of “abuse, beatings, handcuffing and blindfolding”.
The ministry made similar claims regarding other bodies previously returned under the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli military has said these claims were “Hamas’s false propaganda”.
“Furthermore, all the bodies returned so far are from combatants within the Gaza Strip,” it told news agency AFP yesterday.
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