The army of Israel bombed again Gaza Strip this Saturday, and indicated that the three bodies received on Friday do not correspond to those of any hostage captured by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
According to a security source in Gaza, Israeli army gunfire and airstrikes were heard this Saturday around Jan Yunisin the south of the enclave.
A precarious ceasefire has been in effect since October 10 between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, thanks to a truce agreement promoted by USA.
But Israel has already launched massive bombings on Gaza twice, after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement.
‘Life has no meaning’
“life has no meaning“said Sumaya Dalul, 27, after the latest Israeli attacks. “We have no money, no work, no food, no water, no electricity or internet,” added this woman who lives in Gaza with her parents.
The airstrikes on October 19 caused at least 45 deaths along the coastal strip, according to Palestinian sources. And the bombings on Tuesday left 104 dead, according to the same sources.
The truce agreement stipulated the return of all hostages – dead and alive – to Israel in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
After the entry into force of the truce, On October 13, Hamas released the last 20 surviving hostages still held captive in Gazaand began the process of returning the bodies of the deceased hostages.
But successive delays in the delivery of the bodies provoked the anger of the Israeli government, which accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement. Relatives of the hostages demanded stricter measures to force the Palestinian group to comply with the agreement.
The Islamist movement has so far returned the remains of 17 of the 28 deceased hostages that it agreed to hand over within the framework of the agreement.
Diez Bodies of hostages from October 7 would still be in Gazaas well as that of a soldier who died during a war in 2014.
Disparos a Jan Yunis
An Israeli military source stated on Friday that the army received through the Red Cross three unidentified bodies from the Gaza Strip.
But also He said he did not believe the remains belonged to the hostages. in question.
This Saturday, the armed force assured AFP that, according to a forensic analysis, The three bodies were not those of any of the 11 deceased hostages who have yet to be handed over.
The Ezedin al Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, explained in a statement that they “proposed to hand over [a Israel] three samples from a number of unidentified remains. But how the enemy refused to accept the samples and demanded the corpses for examinationwe handed them over, in order to prevent any claim by the enemy.”
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At the same time, a security source in Gaza reported Israeli army gunfire and shelling near Khan Younis.
“Last night I heard gunshots coming from the occupation forces several times. We have no food or water to drink or wash. The situation is critical. The truce has begun, but the war is not over“Hisham al Bardai, a 37-year-old father, told AFP.
Türkiye will host on Monday in Istanbul a meeting of foreign ministers from several Muslim countries, to support and develop the United States plan for Gaza.
This plan contemplates the disarmament of Hamas, the establishment of a transitional authority directed by himself Donald Trumpand the deployment of an international stabilization force to train and support a future Palestinian police in Gaza.