Israel Tortures and Kills 15 Palestinians, Releases Bodies Bearing Signs of Abuse in Gaza

Israel returned 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza via the Red Cross, bringing the total to 135 since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

“The Gaza Health Ministry reported receiving the remains of 15 more Palestinians returned by Israel via the International Committee of the Red Cross, bringing the total returned since the ceasefire to 135”

PressTV

The ministry says many of the corpses show abuse, including beatings, torture, executions, bound hands, blindfolds, burns, and close‑range gunshot wounds.

PressTV

It confirms only seven have been identified so far using censored photos, while most arrived without names.

Israel denies the abuse allegations and dismisses them as propaganda, even as multiple outlets report the same Gaza Health Ministry claims.

The transfers occurred through the International Committee of the Red Cross, with hospitals in Khan Younis struggling to identify bodies due to severe deterioration and scant data from Israel.

These body transfers are part of a US-brokered ceasefire framework that pairs returns: Israel hands over 15 Palestinian bodies for every deceased Israeli returned.

Hamas has released all 20 living Israeli hostages and handed over the remains of 10 deceased, including Eliyahu Margalit, while stating that rubble and access limits slow the recovery of others.

NBC News

Israel accuses Hamas of violating the deal by delaying the return of remains, but the US does not consider the slow pace a breach.

A leaked draft indicates that immediate access to all bodies was never guaranteed.

Parallel exchanges include Israel’s release of over 1,900 Palestinian detainees, with regional outlets listing 250 long-term prisoners plus 1,718 detainees from Gaza.

Even under ceasefire terms, Israeli forces killed Palestinian civilians.

“Israel has received the remains of 10 deceased hostages out of 28 expected from Gaza but has criticized Hamas for delays in handing over the bodies”

Sky News

Gaza’s civil defense says Israeli troops fired on a bus near Zeitun and killed nine members of the Abu Shabaan family.

Israel claims it fired warning shots and then opened fire over a perceived threat.

Al-Jazeera Net reports Israeli artillery killed nine people, including seven children, in the same vehicle and calls the strike a massacre.

The National (Western Alternative) says Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire and killed dozens of Palestinians while keeping control over about half of Gaza.

Other outlets also document lethal Israeli actions during the ceasefire, including an incident where Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians.

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza are catastrophic under the ceasefire.

The UN says there is a famine in northern Gaza and calls the territory a "wasteland," with aid throttled by closed crossings and damaged infrastructure.

thenationalnews

Thenationalnews reports only 339 aid trucks have been offloaded since the ceasefire, far below the agreed 600 daily.

NBC details the World Food Programme’s emergency bakeries and Israel’s reduction of aid shipments as it pressures Hamas over remains.

Western and Asian outlets report staggering death counts from Israeli attacks—about 67,900 to over 68,000 Palestinians killed—alongside widespread malnutrition and displacement.

Families in Gaza struggle to identify the dead as Israel sends bodies with minimal information.

“Israel handed over 15 bodies of Palestinians to the Red Cross for return to Gaza in exchange for the body of a hostage, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza”

Ultima Hora

Gaza’s Health Ministry says it has received 120 unidentified bodies, with 9,500 people still missing.

Ultima Hora

Families are being forced to use censored photos online to try to recognize loved ones.

PressTV reports Gaza’s Government Media Office calling the treatment of the dead systematic torture and executions.

The office is demanding an independent international probe for Geneva Convention violations.

Western outlets largely center on the mechanics of exchanges and the hostages’ remains.

Some reports note that Israel either denied abuse claims as propaganda or had not yet responded to the allegations.