A cumulative last rites was held Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, in main Gaza, for 54 unknown Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Protection (PCD) reported.
Not every one of the Palestinian bodies returned by Israel might be recognized by their households “because of the extreme situations” bordering their fatalities, according to the PCD.
Unknown bodies of Palestinians that had actually been kept in Israel throughout the battle are hidden at a mass burial ground after they were turned over by Israel in Gaza, in Deir Al-Balah, in the main Gaza Strip, October 22, 2025.
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As the funeral service was continuous, the Nasser Medical Complicated in Khan Younis introduced that Israel turned over the bodies of 30 various other Palestinian detainees as a component of Head of state Trump’s tranquility bargain.
That brings the overall variety of Palestinian bodies went back to the Strip to 165, according to Gaza’s federal government media workplace.
The return of the remains of dead Palestinians becomes part of Head of state Trump’s 20-point tranquility strategy, which specifies that “For every single Israeli captive whose remains are launched, Israel will certainly launch the remains of 15 dead Gazans.”
The strategy includes that “when all captives are launched, Israel will certainly launch 250 life sentence detainees plus 1,700 Gazans that were apprehended after Oct. 7th, 2023, consisting of all ladies and kids apprehended because context.”
Clinical groups hope close to the protected remains and bodies of unknown Palestinians, returned by Israel, prior to their mass interment outside Nasser Medical facility in Khan Yunis, southerly Gaza Strip, October 22, 2025.
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According to records from the Gaza Media Workplace and the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health and wellness, the returned bodies revealed indicators of misuse, defeating, cuffing, blindfolding, and spending time the neck.
Turning down records of any type of abuse, the Israeli army informed ABC Information in a declaration on Wednesday that “the IDF did not link any type of bodies before their launch to the Strip,” including that they run “purely according to worldwide regulation.”
A Palestinian young boy strolls past the debris of damaged structures in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, October 22, 2025.
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As the vulnerable Israel-Hamas tranquility strategy deals with complaints of offenses from both sides, the households of Israeli captives and Palestinian detainees remain to await the return of their liked ones’ remains.
Presently, the bodies of 13 Israelis stay in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army validated the identifications of 2 captives whose bodies were returned by Hamas on Tuesday.
