GAZA, PALESTINE (NOVEMBER 16, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1.VARIOUS OF ICRC OFFICIALS IN ISRAELI-DEVASTATED AREA DURING SEARCH OPERATIONS

2. VARIOUS OF AL-QASSAM BRIGADES MEMBERS AND ICRC OFFICIALS CONDUCTING SEARCH OPERATIONS IN ISRAELI-DEVASTATED AREA

3. VARIOUS OF TEAMS WITH HEAVY MACHINERY MOVING ALONG RUBBLE-STREWN ROAD DURING SEARCH FOR ISRAELI HOSTAGE BODIES GAZA, PALESTINE - NOVEMBER 16: Teams from the Palestinian group Hamas and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued their joint search on Sunday for the bodies of Israeli captives under the rubble left by Israel after more than two years of genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The operation is being carried out under the ongoing ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel.

According to local sources, members of the group’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, and ICRC officials are working together in the Zeitoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, where heavy machinery has been brought in to clear debris from buildings destroyed in Israeli assaults.

The coordinated effort seeks to recover the remains of Israeli hostages and facilitate their handover under the terms of the truce deal.

Hamas has already released 20 Israeli captives alive and handed over the remains of 26 out of 28, most of them Israelis, since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Oct. 10. Israel, however, claimed that one of the bodies received did not match any of its listed captives.

Phase one of the ceasefire deal includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The plan also envisages the rebuilding of Gaza and the establishment of a new governing mechanism without Hamas.

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