Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPAThe armed wing of Hamas said it would hand over the body of a hostage at 7pm on Wednesday, while the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinians who had approached an area it occupied in a “threatening” way. The Israeli military was not able to immediately clarify to Reuters whether the incidents were related. Hamas turned over all 20 living hostages held in Gaza in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian convicts and wartime detainees held in Israel. Hamas has so far returned 21 of the 28 bodies of hostages buried in Gaza. In return, Israel handed over 285 bodies of Palestinians had killed since the war began in October 2023, Gaza health authorities said.

Source: The Irish Times November 05, 2025 22:05 UTC