Red Cross hands over the remains of 15 Palestinians returned by Israel for the last time

Описание: (29 Jan 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – 29 January 2026
1. Various of Red Cross vehicles and truck carrying Palestinians’ bodies arrives at Shifa hospital
2. Various of Red Cross officials outside morgue
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amani Naouq, ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) spokesperson:
”The ICRC today facilitated the return of 15 deceased Palestinians, the bodies were handed over to the forensics’ authorities in the Gaza Strip. This marks the completion of a months-long operation that reunited families and supported the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.”
4. Various of wrapped bodies inside truck
5. Various of truck loaded with bodies
STORYLINE:
Red Cross vehicles arrived at Gaza City’s Shifa hospital on Thursday for the last time to hand over the remains of 15 Palestinians returned by Israel.

“The ICRC today facilitated the return of 15 deceased Palestinians,” said Amani Naouq, an ICRC spokesperson, adding that the bodies were handed over to the forensics authorities in the Gaza Strip.

“This marks the completion of a months-long operation that reunited families and supported the implementation of the ceasefire agreement," she added.

This marks the last hostage-detainee exchange between Israel and Hamas carried out as part of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached in October.

The return of all remaining hostages, living or dead, had been a key part of the first phase in the ceasefire that paused the war.

Israel agreed to return 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage recovered, according to the ceasefire terms. It’s unclear if the bodies released Thursday were of Palestinian detainees who died in Israeli custody or bodies taken from Gaza by Israeli troops during the war.

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