TNA Staff
The New Arab / November 1, 2025
The Israeli army has launched strikes on the Gaza Strip for a fourth straight day, killing at least three people and putting further strain on the fragile US-mediated ceasefire.
This comes as the Red Cross reported that it had handed over three unidentified bodies to Israel after receiving them from Hamas.
Arab media outlets, including The New Arab’s Arabic-language sister publication Al-Araby al-Jadeed, said Israeli forces carried out several overnight aattacks across the enclave despite the truce.
This included airstrikes east of Khan Younis in the south and explosions that struck residential areas in eastern Gaza City.
On Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated that its teams had “facilitated the transfer of three deceased to Israeli authorities”.
So far, Hamas has returned the remains of 17 out of 28 deceased captives it agreed to repatriate under the US-brokered truce deal with Israel, excluding the three bodies handed over on Friday.
After the current ceasefire came into effect earlier this month, Hamas released the 20 surviving captives it still held and began transferring the bodies of the dead.
However, on Saturday, the Israeli military told AFP news agency that the three bodies received from Gaza via the Red Cross the previous night were not captives who had been held in the territory.
According to the Israeli military, forensic examinations determined that the bodies were not among the 11 deceased captives still expected to be returned under the US-brokered ceasefire arrangement.
