Hamas has handed over the remains of another dead captive to Israel, hours after an Israeli drone attack in southern Gaza killed two Palestinians amid a fragile ceasefire.
The Israeli military said on Monday that the Red Cross had taken custody of the coffin and was in the process of transporting it to the occupation army’s troops in Gaza.
Under the terms of a United States-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10, Hamas has undertaken to return the bodies of all the 28 deceased captives. The remains of 16 had been handed over as of Monday.
The 20 surviving captives were freed on October 13 as part of the truce.
The release of the latest body comes as the families of some of the captives called on the Israeli government to pause the ceasefire if Hamas fails to locate and hand over the bodies.
“Hamas knows exactly where every one of the deceased hostages is held,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said.
“The families urge the government of Israel, the United States administration and the mediators not to advance to the next phase of the agreement until Hamas fulfils all of its obligations and returns every hostage to Israel,” the association added.
The statement echoed the Israeli government’s claim that Hamas knows where the remains are.
On Saturday, Hamas negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said there were challenges in locating the captives’ bodies because “the occupation has altered the terrain of Gaza”.
He suggested that some of those who had buried the bodies had been killed during the war, while others had forgotten the burial locations.
Attacks Despite Ceasefire
On the other hand, the occupation army went ahead with attacks, killing more Palestinians and targeting residential buildings in central and southern Gaza despite the ceasefire.
An Israeli drone attack near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis has killed at least two people, according to Nasser Hospital.
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Israel violated the ceasefire again.
Israeli soldiers fired on a group of Palestinians in east of the city of Khan Younis.
One Palestinian was killed and several others were wounded. pic.twitter.com/2k6J1fdb37— Grzegorz Ali Gniady (@BaseejiImam) October 28, 2025
Israeli occupation forces bombed and destroyed civilian homes in eastern Gaza City and the Bureij refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported.
Meanwhile in southern Gaza, Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli forces destroyed buildings in the Morag Corridor, an Israeli-established “security corridor” that cuts off Rafah from the rest of the Gaza Strip.
Source: Agencies
