Under a ceasefire deal that took effect on October 10th, Hamas turned over all 20 living hostages held in Gaza in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian convicts and wartime detainees held in Israel. In return, Israel handed over 270 bodies of Palestinians it had killed since the war began in October 2023, Gaza health authorities said. Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in their cross-border attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, according to Israeli tallies. Israel’s retaliatory offensive in the Gaza Strip killed more than 68,000 Palestinians, health officials in the enclave say. Earlier on Tuesday, Gaza health authorities said Israeli fire killed a man in Jabalia in northern Gaza.

Source: The Irish Times November 05, 2025 20:08 UTC