Israel hands over bodies of 30 unidentified Palestinians after Hamas returns remains of two hostages

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The talks follow a meeting between the countries' leaders and US president Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council, preceding the ceasefire agreement.
47% : The return brings the number of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel to 225, only 75 of which have been identified by families, according to Gaza's health ministry.
43% : The exchange was the latest indication that the fraught Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement is moving forward, despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week that killed more than 100 people following the killing of an Israeli soldier.
42% : In Israel, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Thursday that the remains returned by Palestinian militants had been confirmed as those of Sahar Baruch and Amiram Cooper, both taken hostage during the 2023 attack.
37% : Ahmed al-Farra, head of the paediatric unit at Nasser Hospital, confirmed to the Associated Press yesterday that the hospital received the unidentified bodies of 30 Palestinians from Israel.
36% : It is unclear if those returned were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war, died in Israeli custody as detainees or were recovered from Gaza by troops during the war.
36% : Israel's military said its troops had fired after the person approached troops in a way that posed a threat.

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