SHOTLIST:

GAZA, PALESTINE (OCT. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF RED CROSS (ICRC) VEHICLES CRUISING ON DIRT ROAD TO RECEIVE BODIES OF DECEASED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS (TWO SHOTS)

2. VARIOUS OF ICRC VEHICLES WAITING ON HOLD TO RECEIVE BODIES OF PRISONERS GAZA, PALESTINE - OCT. 16, 2025: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) waited Thursday, Oct. 16, to receive the bodies of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel under the cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The ICRC team, which completed preparations near the Kissufim border crossing in central Gaza, stood ready to receive the bodies as part of the handover process.

Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a plan he laid out on Sept. 29 to bring a ceasefire to Gaza, release all Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the entire Gaza Strip. Phase one of the deal came into force last Friday.

Under the deal, Hamas released 20 living Israeli hostages and handed over the remains of 10 captives in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Phase two of the plan calls for the establishment of a new governing mechanism in Gaza without Hamas’ participation, the formation of a multinational force and the disarmament of Hamas.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed nearly 68,000 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them women and children, and rendered it largely uninhabitable.