#red-cross

#red-cross

Under the terms of a United States-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10, Hamas has undertaken to return the bodies of all the 28 deceased captives. The remains of 16 had been handed over as of Monday. The 20 surviving captives were freed on October 13 as part of the truce. The release of the latest body comes as the families of some of the captives called on the Israeli government to pause the ceasefire if Hamas fails to locate and hand over the bodies.

Hamas handed over on Monday morning the first seven Israeli hostages who were still being held captive in Gaza to the Red Cross, in the northern part of the enclave. The hostages are Matan Engerst, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Gali and Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dallal. The militia announced Monday morning the list of the 20 living captives it plans to release throughout the day.