KHAN YUNIS: Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis said it received the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Friday as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
In a statement, the hospital said that: “15 bodies of Palestinian martyrs arrived at Nasser Medical Complex as part of the thirteenth batch of the body exchange deal, bringing the total number of bodies received to 330 martyrs.”
Under the ceasefire deal, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned.
Israel confirmed overnight that militants had returned the remains of Israeli hostage Meny Godard, killed at age 73 the day of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The Israeli military informed Godard’s family that “their loved one has been returned to Israel and that his identification has been completed,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
