Forensic experts in Gaza are working to identify dozens of dead Palestinians released by Israel Wednesday that they say show signs of physical abuse. Meanwhile, Israel said one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas a day earlier was not one of the hostages held in the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Wednesday that Hamas fulfil the requirements laid out in the ceasefire deal, saying Israel will "not compromise on this and will not stop our efforts until we return the last deceased hostage."
Hours after Netanyahu's comments Israel transferred 45 more bodies of Palestinians as part of the ceasefire deal, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The latest transfer comes a day after the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis received 45 bodies of Palestinians that Israel handed over to the Red Cross the previous day without identification — bringing the total number of dead Palestinians released by Israel to 90 since the ceasefire began last week.
It isn’t clear whether the unidentified bodies, marked only by numerical identifiers, were those of p
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