Today, Wednesday, Israel received the body of one of the last two hostages who died in the Gaza Strip, according to what Hamas announced. Israel stated that it would allow the Gaza gate to be opened to Egypt once all the hostages were returned.
cross … Roja handed the body over to the Israeli army and will undergo forensic identification, according to a statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
Hamas also handed over the remains of the soldiers on Tuesday. Which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office later stated did not belong to any hostage.
Handing over the last bodies of hostages in Gaza would fulfill a basic condition for peace The initial part of US President Donald Trump’s plan To end the Gaza war that has been going on for two years. This plan also stipulates the opening of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in both directions.
Israel has kept the border crossing closed since the ceasefire came into effect in October. Claiming that Hamas must respect the agreement to return all hostages still in Gaza, alive and dead.
Israeli government spokesman Shosh Bedrosian told the press, “The border crossing will open in both directions when all our hostages are returned.”
Since the beginning of the fragile truce. Hamas returned 20 hostages alive and 26 bodies in exchange for the release of about 2,000 detainees Convicted Palestinian prisoners, but two other deceased prisoners – an Israeli police officer and a Thai farm worker – remain in Gaza.
Israel says the previous findings were not related to hostages
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, an ally of Hamas, reported that it found the body of a hostage after conducting a search operation in northern Gaza, in cooperation with a team from the Red Cross.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad They reported that they handed the body over to the Red Cross Wednesday afternoon. The groups did not specify who they believed to be among the two remaining deceased hostages.
They are Israeli police officer Ran Jivili and Thai citizen Sudthisak Rinthalak, both of whom were kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked a devastating two-year war in Gaza.