Israel delivers Palestinian bodies shackled, showing signs of execution. The Cradle | October 15, 2025.
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The bodies of dozens of Palestinians were handed over to health authorities in Gaza on 15 October, arriving in shackles and bearing signs of execution.
The handover came as part of a swap which saw several deceased Israeli captives released earlier on Wednesday, and coincided with continued Israeli ceasefire violations.
“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others have been run over by tanks,” officials at Khan Yunis’s Nasser Hospital told CNN, adding that the bodies arrived “with their hands and legs cuffed.”
Three out of the four deceased Israeli captives handed over earlier in the day were identified. Tel Aviv said forensic testing showed one of them is not an Israeli captive.
Israel is accusing Hamas of violating the deal by delaying the release of around 20 bodies of captives that remain in Gaza. However, the Red Cross has confirmed that the amount of rubble caused by strikes has made it extremely difficult to find them, and has warned that some may never be recovered.
Tel Aviv is reportedly planning to reduce the amount of aid it will allow into Gaza as part of the deal until all the bodies are released.
The agreement states that six hundred aid trucks are meant to enter the strip. Despite this, not enough trucks have been given entry.
Dozens of Israeli ceasefire violations have been recorded since the truce took effect.
The Gaza Center for Human Rights reported that the Israeli military committed 36 violations of the ceasefire since it took effect on 10 October, resulting in the killing of at least seven Palestinian civilians and the injury of others. Other reports say nine have been killed.
The violations included aerial and artillery bombardments as well as live fire, concentrated in the eastern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli drones targeted residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiya neighborhood, killing five people, while additional strikes in Khan Yunis, Jabalia, and Rafah caused further casualties.
The center stressed that these attacks were carried out without any military justification, aiming to maintain an atmosphere of fear and terror in the strip.
It also noted Israel’s continued control over aid entry, allowing only 173 aid trucks in out of 1,800 expected in recent days.
The organization warned that restricting essential supplies constitutes an extension of genocidal policies through starvation, in violation of international humanitarian law, and called on the international community to pressure Israel to fully implement the ceasefire and investigate war crimes and acts of genocide. |
