Gaza, Netanyahu’s office: ‘No update on Hamas plans to return bodies’

Turin, 27 October (LaPresse) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denies that there have been any updates from mediators regarding Hamas’ plans to transfer additional hostage bodies to Israel, after the Saudi channel Al-Sharq reported that the Palestinian group was recovering between seven and nine hostage bodies from unspecified locations within the Gaza Strip. According to the report, Hamas intended to transfer the bodies to the Red Cross after their recovery, although no specific timeline was given. The Prime Minister’s Office, for its part, told The Times of Israel that it had not received any information from mediators regarding the transfer of seven to nine hostage bodies.