'Israel' obstructing Gaza body recovery, creating false claims: Hamas
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Hamas has condemned the Israeli occupation for hindering efforts to recover bodies in Gaza, accusing it of violating the ceasefire agreement and blocking humanitarian access.
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Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and Egyptian workers search for the bodies of captives in a tunnel discovered during searches in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (AP)
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, published a statement condemning Israeli efforts to disrupt the process of recovering Israeli troop bodies in Gaza, rejecting any falsehoods "Israel" has claimed on the subject.
In its statement, Hamas declared that the Israeli occupation continues to pursue a systematic policy aimed at obstructing and preventing efforts to locate the bodies of its soldiers inside the Gaza Strip, noting that it has explicitly refused to allow joint teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Resistance to enter several areas of the Strip to carry out this mission.
It added that the occupation has also prevented the entry of heavy machinery and equipment necessary to expedite and complete the search for the bodies of its soldiers in the Gaza Strip, while obstructing the recovery of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs still trapped beneath the rubble, thereby deepening the suffering of their families.
The statement stressed that the occupation’s claims about the Resistance delaying action on this matter are baseless and meant to mislead public opinion, adding that the occupation is fabricating false pretexts as a prelude to launching new aggressive measures against the Palestinian people in blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Concluding its statement, Hamas called on mediators and guarantor parties to uphold their responsibilities in confronting these serious obstacles, to compel the occupation to end its deceptive practices, and to allow the relevant authorities to carry out their humanitarian duties free from political and hostile interference.
'Israel' killed 94 people since the ceasefire agreement
Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Aabasan in the eastern areas of Gaza City, killing one person on Tuesday, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, who further reported that Israeli forces carried out a large-scale, powerful demolition east of Gaza, which was audible in the central Gaza Strip, constituting a flagrant violation of the truce.
The Gaza Health Ministry reported that, over the past 24 hours, four fatalities were admitted to hospitals, including one new casualty, two victims recovered from rubble, and one individual who succumbed to previously sustained wounds, in addition to seven other injuries.
This brings the total number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli war on Gaza to 68,531, with 170,402 injured, since October 7, 2023, according to the Ministry's daily statistical report.
The ministry reported that since the ceasefire in Gaza was declared on October 11, 2025, a total of 94 people have been killed, 472 bodies recovered, and 344 others injured, while noting that identification has so far been completed for 75 of the 195 bodies returned by the occupation authorities.
