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KHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINE (OCT. 16, 2025) (ANADOLU- ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF ICRC TRUCKS AND CARS CARRYING BODIES OF PALESTINIANS WITHHELD BY ISRAEL MOVING ON ROAD
KHAN YOUNIS, PALESTINE - OCT. 16, 2025: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) transferred the bodies of Palestinians held by Israel to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday, Oct. 16.

The remains were handed over to the ICRC near the Kissufim border crossing in central Gaza under the cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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.

Reporting by Anas Zeyad Fteha / Writing by Ayse Elif Erdis