Gaza receives remains of 15 more Palestinians from Israel under ceasefire deal

The Gaza health ministry has said that it had received the remains of 15 more Palestinians from Israel via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) under a ceasefire deal.

A ministry statement said that the new transfer on Friday brought the number of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel to 330 since the ceasefire took effect on October 10.

Forensic teams have so far identified 97 bodies and are continuing examinations “in accordance with approved medical procedures and protocols” before the remains are documented and released to families, the ministry said.

Palestinian authorities said that many of the bodies handed over by Israel showed signs of abuse, including beatings, bound hands, blindfolds, and facial disfigurement, and were returned without names.

Israel returned the bodies of 15 deceased Palestinians to Gaza on November 14 as part of a prisoner exchange deal.

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Families have been trying to identify the remains of their relatives by physical markings or clothing, as forensic facilities in Gaza remain out of service due to the Israeli blockade and the destruction of laboratories.

Before the ceasefire, Israel held 735 Palestinian bodies in so-called “cemeteries of numbers”, according to the Palestinian National Campaign to Retrieve Martyrs’ Bodies.

The Israeli daily Haaretz also reported that the army has been holding about 1,500 bodies of Palestinians from Gaza at the notorious Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel.

Israel has killed nearly 69,200 people and wounded over 170,700, mostly women and children, in a brutal offensive in Gaza since October 2023 and reduced the enclave to rubble.

Source: TRT World