Israel returns 30 Palestinian bodies to Gaza under ceasefire deal
Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinian captives to Gaza on Wednesday, bringing the total number handed over under the ceasefire deal to 195, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Members of the Palestinian Civil Defence stand beside the remains of unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned by Israel under a US-brokered ceasefire deal, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo courtesy of Syrian Arab News Agency (Sana).
Late on Tuesday, Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip had received the remains of two more Israelis from the Red Cross as part of the ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump.
Under the terms of the deal, Israel is to return the bodies of 15 deceased Palestinians for every Israeli body handed over.
So far, Hamas has delivered 15 of the 28 captive bodies it pledged to return under the agreement.
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