"Al-Qassam" Hands Over Another Body, and Israel Estimates That More Will Be Received in the Coming Days

SadaNews Translation - The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over the body of another Israeli captive this evening, Tuesday.

The Red Cross team received the body, which was subsequently delivered to the Israeli army, leaving seven bodies remaining in the Gaza Strip.

According to Channel 14 in Hebrew, as translated by SadaNews, current estimates in Israel suggest that Hamas will hand over more bodies of deceased captives in the coming days.

It indicated that coordination is ongoing to conduct more search operations in areas controlled by Israel in the Gaza Strip, in collaboration with the Red Cross and Hamas.

Israeli sources reported that Hamas could return more bodies, among other things, through more intensive search operations, pointing out that recent search efforts have made progress in locating buried dead bodies in the region.

Channel 12 in Hebrew reported that estimates in Israel suggest that it will be possible to return all the bodies of the captives.

It stated that there is specific information regarding the locations of at least four others, and also concerning three more, according to three different security sources, suggesting that they will be able to be returned after some time of searching. As translated by SadaNews.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army radio reported that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir recently recommended to the political level to eliminate all armed elements of Hamas in the tunnels of Rafah, estimated to be around 200.

Zamir believed that the only option that would allow them to survive would be for Hamas to hand over all the bodies of the captives while focusing on the body of Hadar Goldin buried in Rafah, while Yedioth Ahronoth's website mentioned that Zamir linked their release to Goldin's body only.