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JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of 3 radical handed implicit by Hamas to the Red Cross this week bash not beryllium to immoderate of the hostages, Israel said Saturday, the latest setback that could undermine a U.S.-brokered ceasefire successful the Israel-Hamas war.
The handover followed Israel’s instrumentality connected Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza. That completed an speech aft militants earlier this week turned implicit remains of 2 hostages, a motion that the tense Israel-Hamas ceasefire statement was edging forward.
The unidentified remains of the 3 radical were returned precocious Friday to Israel, wherever they were being examined overnight. At the time, a subject authoritative warned that Israeli quality suggested they did not beryllium to immoderate of the hostages taken by Palestinian militants during the Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected confederate Israel that sparked the war. The Israeli authoritative spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to speech to the media.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau connected Saturday confirmed that the remains did not beryllium to immoderate of the hostages, without giving further details.
Hamas' equipped helping said successful a consequent connection that it had offered to manus implicit samples connected Friday of unidentified bodies, but that Israel had refused to person them and asked for the remains for examination.
“We handed the bodies implicit to halt the claims of Israel," the connection said.
It was unclear who the remains belonged to.
Since the U.S. brokered ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas took effect connected Oct. 10, Palestinian militants person released the remains of 17 hostages that were held successful Gaza for the past 2 years.
But the process of returning the bodies of the past 11 remaining hostages, arsenic called for nether the truce deal, is progressing slowly, with militants releasing conscionable 1 oregon 2 bodies each fewer days.
The full fig of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel since the ceasefire began present stands astatine 225. Only 75 of those person been identified by families, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. It is unclear if those returned were killed successful Israel during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, whether they died successful Israeli custody arsenic detainees oregon were recovered from Gaza by troops during the war.
The fragile truce faced its biggest situation earlier this week erstwhile Israel carried retired strikes crossed Gaza that killed much than 100 people, pursuing the sidesplitting of an Israeli worker successful Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city, and the incomplete instrumentality of hostages.
A fragile ceasefire
Jordan’s overseas curate warned Saturday that Israel maintaining a subject beingness successful the Gaza Strip enactment astatine hazard the shaky ceasefire.
Speaking astatine the Manama Dialogue information summit, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi added it was “imperative” to person a Palestinian constabulary unit maintaining information successful the enclave, arsenic an planetary stabilization unit with a United Nations mandate.
“With Israel staying successful Gaza, I deliberation information is going to beryllium a challenge,” Safadi said. “Israel cannot enactment successful 53% of Gaza and past expect information to beryllium achieved.”
U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point-peace program includes the enactment and deployment of a impermanent planetary stabilization unit made of Arab and different planetary partners that would enactment with Egypt and Jordan connected securing Gaza's borders and guarantee the ceasefire is respected. The U.S. has ruled retired American soldiers successful Gaza.
Multiple nations person openly shown involvement successful taking portion successful a aboriginal peacekeeping unit but called for a mandate from the United Nations Security Council earlier committing their troops.
Indonesia could beryllium portion of peacekeeping force
Indonesia, the astir populous Muslim federation successful the world, has emerged arsenic a beardown contender for a Gaza peacekeeping force. During a sojourn to Asia this week, Trump praised Indonesia's person for his enactment for the Middle East deal. Indonesia has offered thousands of troops for Gaza.
“Indeed, we’re committed to nonstop peacekeeping unit to code the concern successful Gaza. But details oregon the word of notation for that substance stay unclear,” Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, who similar galore Indonesians uses a azygous name, said earlier this week.
“There has to beryllium a mandate from the UNSC, which we anticipation volition beryllium issued. There has been nary discussions truthful far, and we’re acold from settling immoderate details,” helium said successful Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, aft a bid of determination meetings, which were besides attended by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Indonesian subject spokesperson Maj. Gen. Freddy Ardianzah said Friday that the fig and creation of troops are inactive astatine a readying stage.
Indonesian officials person called for an autarkic Palestinian authorities but underscored the request to “recognize and warrant the information and information of Israel.”
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Associated Press writers Toqa Ezzidin successful Cairo, Jon Gambrell successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Niniek Karmini successful Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report.
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