Hamas and Islamic Jihad Palestinian resistance groups handed over body of slain Israeli captive on Thursday, as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with the Zionist occupation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and the Israeli military said they had received the body of the captive via the Red Cross.
Red Cross vehicles collected his body hours after the two resistance movements issued a joint statement saying it had been located in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.
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Netanyahu’s office said forensic testing confirmed the body belonged to a captive who was identified as Meny Godard, who was killed during Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in the kibbutz of Be’eri on 7 October 2023.
Three out of 28 deceased captives remain in Gaza. Two of them are Israelis and one is Thai.
Under the ceasefire deal, Hamas agreed to return the 20 living and 28 dead hostages it was still holding.
All the living Israeli hostages were released on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza.
For each dead Israeli captive returned, Israeli occupation has agreed to hand over the remains of 15 Palestinians.
The first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal forms part of a US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war.
The second phase includes plans for the governance of Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli troops, the disarmament of Hamas, and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
More than 69,000 Palestinians have been martyred in the Israeli war on the besieged Strip since October 2023.
Source: Agencies (Translted and edited by Al-Manar)
