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Hamas blames difficult conditions in Gaza for slow release of remains
The Israeli military says it has received the remains of four additional Israeli captives who were held in Gaza. The International Committee of the Red Cross earlier on Tuesday said that it was on its way to retrieve their remains from Palestinian fighters in the Strip.
Now, the Israeli military statement says that Hamas needs to honour its commitment and end of the deal and release the remaining 20 captives who are deceased, who are still being held in the Strip.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military has now lessened the amount of humanitarian aid trucks that will go into Gaza from 600 to 300 per day. Israeli media says it is because Israel wants the remaining deceased hostages out of Gaza. They want their remains back so that the families can have a proper burial.
Hamas says that the conditions on the ground are incredibly difficult, because much of the territory has been completely levelled.
And Israeli officials have said for some time that this was going to be an incredibly difficult task to bring about the remains of the deceased hostages.
Hamas expected to return 4 more bodies today: Report
The Times of Israel is reporting that Hamas has told mediators it is planning to return the bodies of four more Israeli captives later today.
The newspaper cited two anonymous sources, including a diplomat who it said was familiar with the discussions.
As we reported earlier, Hamas has now handed over the bodies of eight deceased captives. The bodies of 20 others remain in Gaza. The Palestinian group has said that locating and retrieving the bodies of the captives has proven difficult because of the scale of the destruction caused by Israel in Gaza.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles prepare to retrieve bodies of Palestinians held by Israel to Gaza authorities for identification at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, Gaza on Tuesday
Palestinian presidency condemns Hamas’s field executions in Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s office has “strongly condemned” the killings as “heinous crimes”, saying they “claimed the lives of dozens of citizens outside the framework of the law and without fair trials”.
The statement came after Hamas published a video online showing its fighters executing eight blindfolded and bound men in the street.
It said those killed were “collaborators and outlaws in Gaza City”.
