Hamas returns four more bodies to hostages, says Israeli military

Hamas returned the bodies to four more died hostages, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said, conducting identification work.

The Red Cross removed the remains in the coffins and handed them over to the Israeli military late on Tuesday night.

The transfer came after Israel warned that it would limit the assistance in Gaza until Hamas returned the bodies to all 28 deceased hostages. The Palestinian armed group returned 20 alive and four deceased hostages on Monday.

The remains of 45 died of Palestinians who were held in Israel were returned to Gaza on Tuesday, said a message to the Red Cross.

The first four deceased hostages, published by Hamas on Monday, were identified by Israel as Daniel Perez, 22; Jossi Shabi, 53; Guy Iluz, 26 and Bipin Joshi, 23 years old, Nepalese citizenS

Israel’s Defense Service (IDF) said the identification process for the last four hostages is underway.

The President of US President Donald Trump, who has both Israel and Hamas accepted, anticipated the broadcast of all 48 hostages to be completed by noon on Monday.

As all the living hostages were returned, the pressure grew on the Hamas and the Israeli government over the remains of 20 hostages, which Hamas has not yet repatriated. The Palestinians are increasingly worried that the delay of Hamas, who returns the bodies, can bring insecurity to the future of the ceasefire.

In a statement on Tuesday, IDF said: “Hamas is obliged to fulfill his part of the agreement and to make the necessary efforts to return all the hostages to their families and to properly funeral.”

Israel’s Defense Minister has warned the Palestinian armed group that “any delay or deliberate avoidance will be considered a gross violation of the agreement and will be responded to accordingly.”

Israeli officials said they had decided to limit plans for help and slow down plans to open Rafa’s border crossing with Egypt, as Hamas had violated the fire termination deal without transferring the hostage bodies.

Hamas says he had difficulty finding the remains of the dead hostages.

A copy of the fire termination agreement published by the Israeli media last week seems to have admitted that Hamas and other Palestinian factions may not be able to find all the bodies within the original period.

An Israeli employee suggested that an international working group would start working to find the remains of anyone who has not been returned.

“A lot of weight is canceled, but the work has not been done. The dead have not been returned as promised! Phase two starts now !!!” Trump told X.

Many Palestinians have told the BBC that they are worried about slowing Hamas’s return to all the bodies of Israeli hostage, and subsequent violence may risk the cessation of fire and derail the beginning of the second phase of the negotiations.

The Teaser Abed, a well -known Gaza writer who chronicled the war from his tent in Khan Eunice, described the opposition as a “dangerous test for the end of fire”, warning that if the delay continued and Israel refused to move to the next phase, “the problem with the corpses can become a rewarding of a new circle.

Almost 2000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released as part of a 20-point peace plan, advertised by the President of the United States as the end of the two-year war.

The first phase of Trump’s plan saw that the termination of fire came into force at 12:00 (09:00 GMT) on October 10.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS, the US partner, that he remains a hope for a peaceful next phase in the conversations between Israel and Hamas.

But he said Trump’s conditions were “very clear”, that Hamas should demilitarize or “all hell is falling apart.”

“First, Hamas has to give up his hands,” Netanyahu said. “And second, you want to make sure that there are no weapons factories in Gaza. There is no weapon smuggling in Gaza. This is a demilitarianization.”

Trump also added pressure on Hamas to give up a weapon. “They will disarm because they said they would disarm. And if they do not disarm, we will disarm them,” the US president said.

While the cessation of the fire was largely held, the Palestinian Civil Protection told the BBC that seven people were killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday at two separate incidents – in Eastern Gaza and east of Khan Enis.

An Israeli strike of drones in the eastern Sherjea neighborhood in Gaza killed five people, says Wafa agency, which cited a medical source saying that “Israeli drones fired at residents inspecting their homes.” The Israeli military said they had fired after the people had crossed the yellow line, where his troops withdrew under Trump’s plan to end the fire.

Meanwhile, Hamas fighters have demonstrated that they are confirming control in Gaza, with messages for masked artillery executing eight Palestinians in a public act of fear and outrage among residents.

While Hamas maintains that his fighters are working to “restore security” and “eliminate iniquity”, many are afraid that the group uses chaos to arrange results with rivals and critics for silence.

Trump signed the declaration on MondayAlong with the leaders of Egypt and Qatar – the main intermediaries – Turkey, who played a significant role in the last stages of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Kiir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were among more than 20 visiting world leaders – including many Muslim and Arab countries. Netanyahu and Hamas did not participate.

The plan will be originally managed by a transitional committee of Palestinian technocrats observed by the “Council of Peace” before, in the end, the authorities are ultimately transferred to the Palestinian power after undergoing reforms.

But difficult negotiations will be needed to move forward with the last phases of the plan.

Among the controversial points are the degree and time line of the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the disarmament of Hamas and the future government of the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, Hamas said he would not disarm unless a Palestinian state was created – and did not reject the idea of ​​foreign government in Gaza.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an attack led by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were hostage.

Since then, at least 67,869 people have been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the territory.