US EditionHamas transfers bodies of four hostages to Red Cross, IDF says, as Trump warns about disarmament
Hamas returned fewer than a dozen of 28 deceased hostages, straining the ceasefire that enables humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Hamas handed four coffins to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which transferred them to Israeli forces in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed.
- The U.S.-brokered ceasefire required Hamas to return 20 living and 28 deceased hostages by Monday, Oct. 13, exchanging them for nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.
- With the Tuesday transfers, authorities said Hamas had now released eight remains; forensics teams reported signs of physical abuse and sent bodies to the National Center for Forensic Medicine for identification, while the Israeli military said one previously handed-over body was not a hostage.
- After threats to cut shipments, Israel reduced aid plans and pushed for further returns, restricting aid and delaying Rafah crossing opening as Hamas failed to turn over bodies, with uncertainty over the other half of 600 aid trucks.
- With fewer than a dozen of the 28 deceased returned, the ceasefire shows strain as humanitarian agencies mobilize at least 400 trucks bound for Gaza and focus shifts to disarming Hamas.
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