Israel Returns 15 Palestinianโ Bodies to Gaza
GAZA STRIP – Israeli authorities โคhanded over the bodies of โ15 Palestinians to Gaza officials on Tuesday,according to hospital authorities in the territory.โข The transfer brings the totalโฃ number of Palestinian bodiesโฃ returned by Israel sinceโข the โขstart of its offensive to 69,775, with an additional 170,863 reported injured as of the same date.
Gaza’s Health Ministry, staffed by medical professionals โwho maintain detailed records considered generally reliable by independentโ experts, states that the majority of those โkilled are women and children, though it does not differentiate between civiliansโ and combatants in its overall figures.
the return of bodies comes amid ongoing diplomatic efforts toโ solidify theโฃ current ceasefire โฃand plan for future stabilization. โTurkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin โmet in Cairo Tuesday with Qatar’s Primeโฃ Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikhโข Mohammed bin Abdulrahman โคal Thani โand Egypt’s intelligence chiefโ Hasan Reshatโ to discuss advancingโ to the second โphase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The officials alsoโ focused on coordinating โwith the United States to strengthen the truce and deepen cooperation with the Civil-Militaryโ Coordination Center (CMCC) to prevent violations.
Simultaneouslyโ occurring, Indonesia is โpreparing troopsโข for a potential international stabilization forceโ (ISF) in Gaza.โฃ Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, โGen. Agus Subianto, announcedโข Tuesday that the country is in โthe selection phase for a peacekeeping contingent, planned โฃto be led by a โthree-star general โขandโ comprised โof health, engineering, and mechanized support battalions. Indonesiaโ is alsoโข preparing supporting assets,โข including hospital warships, C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, and โฃhelicopters.โฃ Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin indicated deployment awaits a formal order from President Prabowo Subianto, who has previously โstated Indonesia is ready to โdeploy 20,000 peacekeepers. Indonesia was the fifth-largestโฃ contributor to U.N.โ peacekeeping operations as of September,deploying 2,731 personnel.