Hamas says to hand over two captives bodies at 1800 GMT

AFP , Tuesday 21 Oct 2025

Hamas's armed wing said it would return the bodies of two more captives on Tuesday as part of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel.

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File Photo shows a Qassam Brigades militant watches from the side of the road as vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) leave with the second batch of released Israeli captives released by Hamas in the south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. AFP

 

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said it "will hand over the bodies of two Israeli prisoners that were exhumed today in the Gaza Strip at 9 pm Gaza time (1800 GMT)."

Militants have so far handed over 13 of the 28 captive bodies Hamas had pledged to return under the deal.

Under the deal, Israel is releasing 15 bodies for the remains of each dead captive, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Israel has returned 165 bodies since earlier this month.

 

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