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Israel returned the remains of 15 more Palestinians on Wednesday under a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Hamas, medics said, Anadolu reports. Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said in a statement that the bodies were transferred to the facility by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), without giving further details. The new handover brought the number of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10 to 285. The Gaza Health Ministry had previously said that many of the bodies handed over by Israel showed signs of abuse, including beatings, bound hands, blindfolds, and facial disfigurement, and were returned without names. Families have been trying to identify the remains of their […]
