SHOTLIST:

GAZA, PALESTINE (NOVEMBER 5, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF UNIDENTIFIED BODIES BEING BROUGHT TO BURIAL SITE AND PLACED IN GRAVES

2. PALESTINIANS PERFORMING FUNERAL PRAYERS

3. VARIOUS OF UNIDENTIFIED BODIES BEING BURIED

4. VARIOUS CLOSE-UP SHOTS OF BODY BAGS

5. MOHAMMED ABU SHAMALA, CIVIL DEFENCE MEMBER IN GAZA, SPEAKING TO REPORTER
GAZA, PALESTINE - NOVEMBER 5, 2025: The bodies of 24 Palestinians, returned by Israel without names under the ceasefire agreement and whose identities could not be determined, have been buried in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza by Red Cross and civil defence teams.

The total number of Palestinian bodies handed over by Israel since the ceasefire took effect on October 10 has risen to 285, according to local authorities.

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 relatives by physical markings or clothing, as forensic facilities in Gaza remain out of service due to the Israeli blockade and the destruction of laboratories.

Before the ceasefire, Israel held 735 Palestinian bodies in so-called “cemeteries of numbers,” according to the Palestinian National Campaign to Retrieve Martyrs’ Bodies.

According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the Israeli army has been holding about 1,500 bodies of Palestinians from Gaza at the notorious Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel.

Phase one of the ceasefire deal includes the exchange of prisoners and bodies between Israel and Hamas. The plan also envisages the rebuilding of Gaza and the establishment of a new governing mechanism without Hamas.

Since October 2023, the Israeli genocide has killed nearly 69,000 people and injured more than 170,600, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.