Israel Hamas hands over another body
The terrorist organization Hamas has handed over another body in the Gaza Strip to employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is said to be a dead hostage kidnapped from Israel. The mortal remains are on their way to representatives of the Israeli military, as Israel's army announced in the evening.
27.10.2025, 21:08
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The body will then be taken to Israel for forensic examination to determine its identity.
As part of the first phase of the peace plan promoted by the USA, Hamas must hand over a total of 28 bodies. If the remains now handed over are indeed those of a dead hostage, 12 bodies of abductees remain in the Gaza Strip. The Islamist organization had already released all living hostages on 13 October in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas slow to hand over bodies
Hamas is slow to hand over the mortal remains. It justifies this by saying that it is difficult for them to find the dead because they are buried under the rubble of bombed buildings and tunnels. A spokeswoman for the Israeli government called this a lie. Israel knew that Hamas could find the remains. Last Tuesday, two bodies of hostages were handed over.
Trump puts pressure on
The Forum of Hostage Families also emphasized in a message on Platform X that Hamas knew exactly "where every single one of the hostages killed is being held." The families appealed to the Israeli and US governments and the ceasefire mediators not to move on to the next phase of the US peace plan until all hostages have been handed over to Israel. An exact timetable for the next phase has not yet been determined.
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump increased the pressure on Hamas to hand over the remaining dead hostages quickly. Trump warned that his promise that both sides of the ceasefire agreement would only apply if they fulfilled their obligations. "Let's see what they do in the next 48 hours. I'm watching very closely," he wrote on Truth Social. Some Israeli media interpreted this as a deadline that would expire this Monday.
