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SvennoJ on 06 November 2025
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Search continues for captives’ remains under Gaza rubble

The search for the bodies of captives continues after the release of the remains of one more person on Wednesday. Hamas is trying to locate and identify the bodies of abductees believed buried in an area relentlessly bombed by the Israeli military in eastern Gaza City.

We can’t recall a day that has passed without heavy bombardment of the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. Footage and visuals emerging online show the immense devastation caused by more than two years of Israeli bombardment.

This is consistent with what we’ve heard from our sources in the rescue teams who joined the Red Cross to go into these areas. The vast destruction has made the whole process of returning the bodies to Israel much more difficult than expected.


Israel army raids, demolishes near surrounded Gaza City

Israeli forces have carried out a series of air raids and demolition operations to the east of Gaza City, Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report.


People trapped after building collapses in Gaza City

Gaza’s emergency rescue agency says it’s sending teams to the site of a building that collapsed on people in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood. “There are still people trapped under the rubble,” said the civil defence.

Warnings have been issued for Palestinians returning to heavily bombed northern areas of Gaza, with homes damaged and destroyed after two years of the Israeli war.

At least one of the victims has died, according to the Gaza Civil Defence agency.


Remains handed over by Hamas identified as Tanzanian student

Israel confirms Joshua Loitu Mollel’s body after intense search in Gaza debris. Joshua Loitu Mollel was 21 years old. He was studying agronomy in Israel when he was taken from a kibbutz on October 7, 2023. His family has been notified.

Israel was expecting the return of two foreign nationals, so now there are six bodies still in Gaza. One of those left is a foreign national.

The speed at which Hamas has been able to hand over bodies has come as a surprise to some observers, especially within the Trump administration, because there are millions of tonnes of debris caused by the Israeli destruction of Palestinian communities in Gaza, which continues to this day.

The search for these bodies happened well beyond the “yellow line” and required coordination with the Israeli army through the International Committee of the Red Cross. It also needed assistance from Egyptian teams with heavy machinery, who dug for four days to locate Joshua’s body.


Israel rejected 107 Gaza aid requests since ceasefire began: UN

Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has been speaking to reporters at UN headquarters in New York City.

Here’s some what he said about Gaza:

  • Continued detonations of residential buildings have been reported daily in multiple areas where the Israeli military remains deployed.
  • Israeli military strikes near or east of the so-called “yellow line” where Israeli forces are stationed also continue to be reported.
  • People have moved more than 680,000 times from southern to northern Gaza since the onset of the ceasefire last month, while nearly 113,000 other movements have been reported from western to eastern Khan Younis.
  • However, UN partners say that many displaced people have reported a desire to remain where they are due to widespread destruction, a lack of alternatives and continued uncertainty about safety and services in their home communities.
  • Since the ceasefire, the UN and partners have distributed cash assistance to more than 55,000 households, which is primarily being spent on food such as grains, vegetables and pulses, as well as to repay debts and buy hygiene items and medicines.
  • Since the ceasefire, Israeli authorities have rejected 107 requests for the entry of relief materials, including blankets, winter clothes and tools, and material to maintain and operate water, sanitation and hygiene services. Almost 90 percent of these rejected requests were from more than 330 local and international NGOs.


Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain displaced across Gaza