Israel releases five Palestinian prisoners as killings continue in Gaza

Gaza’s Health Ministry says it besides received the remains of 45 Palestinians from Israel done the Red Cross.

Israel has released 5 Palestinian prisoners arsenic portion of a fragile ceasefire woody with Hamas, offering a uncommon infinitesimal of alleviation for the families successful Gaza.

The 5 men, freed connected Monday evening, were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital successful Deir el-Balah for aesculapian examinations, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reported from extracurricular the facility.

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Relatives gathered astatine the hospital, immoderate embracing the freed prisoners, portion others anxiously sought accusation astir missing household members.

“This is the archetypal clip since the ceasefire that Israeli forces person released chartless Palestinian prisoners,” said Khoudary.

Thousands of Palestinians stay imprisoned successful Israel, galore held without complaint nether what rights groups telephone arbitrary detention.

Israel returns remains of Palestinians

Earlier connected Monday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said it received the remains of 45 Palestinians from Israel done the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), bringing the full fig of bodies handed implicit nether the ceasefire statement to 270.

Forensic teams person identified 78 bodies truthful acold and volition proceed their examinations “in accordance with approved aesculapian procedures and protocols” earlier returning the remains to families, the ministry said successful a connection connected Monday.

Officials antecedently reported that galore of the returned bodies bore evidence of torture and abuse, including bound hands, blindfolds, and facial disfigurement, and were handed backmost without recognition tags.

The handover forms portion of the archetypal signifier of the ceasefire statement that took effect connected October 10, which includes captive and assemblage exchanges mediated by Turkiye, Egypt, and Qatar, with engagement from the United States.

Reporting from Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza, Khoudary said, “Many of the bodies returned amusement signs of torture.” She added that families of missing Palestinians are inactive searching for relatives among the dead.

“If these bodies are not identified, they volition beryllium buried on with different Palestinians successful a wide sedate successful Deir el-Balah,” she said.

Israeli ceasefire violations

Despite a ceasefire, Israel continues to transportation retired deadly attacks. A root astatine Nasser Medical Complex told Al Jazeera Arabic that 3 Palestinians were killed connected Monday by Israeli occurrence northbound of Rafah successful confederate Gaza.

The Israeli service said it launched strikes connected confederate Gaza, claiming individuals had crossed the “yellow line”, an Israeli-controlled area, successful what it called a ceasefire violation.

The Israeli mentation of events could not beryllium independently verified. It besides remains unclear whether the Israeli subject was referring to the aforesaid onslaught that killed the 3 Palestinians.

In Gaza City, a kid was among 3 radical wounded by Israeli occurrence successful the city’s east, a root astatine al-Ahli Arab Hospital told Al Jazeera.

Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said Israel continues to usage quadcopter drones to driblet grenades connected buildings near partially standing. “Authorities present picture these acts arsenic violations of the ceasefire,” helium said.

The Gaza Government Media Office has accused Israel of committing much than 125 ceasefire violations since the truce took effect, informing that continued attacks endanger to reignite full-scale hostilities.