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GAZA: The Israeli military said the Red Cross received the remains of a hostage held in Gaza on Tuesday, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
“According to information provided by the Red Cross, a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred into its custody and is on the way to IDF (Israeli) troops in the Gaza Strip,” the army said in a statement.
Before the latest handover, Hamas still held the bodies of three hostages in Gaza. Heavy rain caused flooding in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, swamping the tents of thousands of homeless Palestinians facing the prospect of harsh winter storms without sturdy shelter.
“This suffering, this rain – and the low-pressure weather systems haven’t even started yet. It’s only the beginning of winter, and we’re already flooded and humiliated,” Um Ahmed Aowdah said outside her tent as rain pelted down on Tuesday.
“We haven’t received new tents or tarps. Our tarp is two years old and our tent is two years old – they’re completely worn out.”
Amjad Al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, said there was an urgent need for at least 300,000 new tents to house the roughly 1.5 million people still displaced from their homes.
