A collective funeral ceremony was held Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose our bodies have been returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Protection (PCD) reported.
Not the entire Palestinian our bodies returned by Israel might be recognized by their households “because of the extreme circumstances” surrounding their deaths, in accordance with the PCD.
Unidentified our bodies of Palestinians who had been held in Israel in the course of the battle are buried at a mass burial web site after they have been handed over by Israel in Gaza, in Deir Al-Balah, within the central Gaza Strip, October 22, 2025.
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Because the funeral was ongoing, the Nasser Medical Advanced in Khan Younis introduced that Israel handed over the our bodies of 30 different Palestinian prisoners as part of President Trump’s peace deal.
That brings the whole variety of Palestinian our bodies returned to the Strip to 165, in accordance with Gaza’s authorities media workplace.
The return of the stays of deceased Palestinians is a part of President Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which states that “For each Israeli hostage whose stays are launched, Israel will launch the stays of 15 deceased Gazans.”
The plan provides that “as soon as all hostages are launched, Israel will launch 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who have been detained after Oct. seventh, 2023, together with all girls and youngsters detained in that context.”
Medical groups pray beside the lined stays and our bodies of unidentified Palestinians, returned by Israel, earlier than their mass burial exterior Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, October 22, 2025.
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In response to stories from the Gaza Media Workplace and the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Well being, the returned our bodies confirmed indicators of abuse, beating, handcuffing, blindfolding, and hanging across the neck.
Rejecting stories of any torture, the Israeli army advised ABC Information in a press release on Wednesday that “the IDF didn’t tie any our bodies previous to their launch to the Strip,” including that they function “strictly in accordance with worldwide regulation.”
A Palestinian boy walks previous the rubble of destroyed buildings within the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza Metropolis, October 22, 2025.
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As the delicate Israel-Hamas peace plan faces accusations of violations from each side, the households of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners proceed to attend for the return of their family members’ stays.
Presently, the our bodies of 13 Israelis stay within the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army confirmed the identities of two hostages whose our bodies have been returned by Hamas on Tuesday.
