Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Cooper also announced that Britain will provide an extra $7.9 million of humanitarian support for Gaza, provided by the UN Population Fund.
49% : Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office identified the three hostages, whose bodies were returned to Israel on Sunday night, as Captain Omer Neutra, an American-Israeli, Staff Sergeant Oz Daniel, and Colonel Assaf Hamami.
47% : Israel has pushed to speed up the returns and in certain cases has said the remains were not those of hostages.
44% : For each Israeli hostage returned, Israel has been releasing the remains of 15 Palestinians.
43% : Israel's military offensive has killed more than 68,800 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants.
42% : Far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, said Tomer-Yerushalmi was arrested Sunday night.
38% : Hamami, commander of Israel's southern brigade in the Gaza division, was killed during the 2023 attack while fighting to defend Kibbutz Nirim and his body was taken into the Palestinian territory.
35% : Police conducted a frantic search for Tomer-Yerushalmi on Sunday after her family raised concerns about her safety and police found her abandoned car near the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel's Channel 12 reported.
35% : Israel's military referred the AP to the police, who did not immediately comment.
34% : Israel's military said soldiers opened fire at Palestinians hurling rocks, hitting one person.
34% : The Hamas-led attack on southern Israel two years ago killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.
32% : A political scandal continued to rock Israel involving the military's former legal chief, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who admitted to leaking a video of Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee and resigned from office.
29% : The investigation continues while she is held in a women's prison in central Israel.

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