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BbcA Gaza Health officer says experts are working to identify the bodies of the 90’s Palestinians, transmitted by Israel in exchange for dead hostages held by Hamas.
If they were unsuccessful, the photos would have been published online so that families could seek missing relatives, said Dr. Mohammed Toward, Director-General of Hospital Hospitals, managed by Hamas.
It is unclear whether the bodies – stored in a hospital in Nasser in Han Enis – belong to Palestinians, died in Gaza or in Israeli detention.
Shots filmed by a freelance journalist working for the BBC in Nasser’s morgue seems to show the body of a man with an eye eye. Another body seemed to have traces around the wrists and ankles.
The BBC has asked Israeli military and justice for comment. Previously, they had dismissed the allegations of widespread and torture of detainees.
Under the fire termination agreement last week with Hamas, Israel agreed to hand over the bodies to 15 Palestinians in exchange for any deceased Israeli hostage.
So far, Israeli military has said the remains of six Israeli hostages have been returned.
The body of another hostage – Nepalese – was also returned from Gaza, along with the remains of another person who was not hostage.
Israel urged Hamas to “make all the necessary efforts” to restore the bodies of the other 21 deceased hostages, as agreed.
The last 20 hostages were also handed over by Hamas on Monday in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and 1718 detained by Gaza.
The Israeli authorities handed over 45 Palestinians to the International Committee of the Red Cross (MCC) on Monday – with another 45 on Wednesday.
The remains were transferred from the ICC to Nasser Hospital.
Turning out of the facility on Tuesday, D. Broken said the first group of bodies was stored by the Israeli authorities in the refrigerators and that “some are clearly recognizable, while others are difficult to identify.”
“Once confirmed, we will publish the names of the families so that they can go out to identify and bury their loved ones.”
However, the loan said that health officials have not received information so far to help them, such as names or circumstances of death.
“What we received are bodies with codes and numbers. However, we were promised that … we will be provided with the names. We expect further clarification by our colleagues in the International Red Cross Committee.
“If we receive the names from (Israel), we will publish them.
Also outside the hospital was Rasmieh Qdeih from Khuzaa, a city east of Khan Eunnis.
She was looking for her 36-year-old son, Fadi, who disappeared from October 7, 2023, when the Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas against southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 were hostage.
At least 67,938 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Health Ministry in the territory whose figures are viewed by the UN as reliable.
“I don’t know if he was closed or tortured. I contacted everyone; no one told me anything,” said Mrs. Qdeih.
“Every time a prisoner is released, I ask them – have you seen Fadi? … He is a prisoner, a martyr or disappeared? They say” no.
She said the wait to learn her son’s fate was the most difficult she had ever experienced.
“I’m not upset … I just want to know if my son is among them. If not, if they don’t find my son among these martyrs, I’ll be shocked.”
“If there is anything, I’ll recognize it – my son’s leg is amputated and he has a vitiligo … His hair is white. I would know him,” she added.
