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Hospital officials successful Gaza said Wednesday (November 26, 2025) that Israel handed implicit 15 much Palestinian bodies, completing the latest swap of the ceasefire arsenic the archetypal signifier of the statement nears a decision and officials convened to sermon moving to the second.
It came a time aft Palestinian militants returned the remains of Israeli hostage Dror Or, who the Israeli subject says was killed by the militants successful their October 7, 2023 attack. Israel has agreed to instrumentality 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage returned.
With the latest swap, Israel has sent backmost to Gaza a full of 345 Palestinian bodies since the exchanges started past month, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Two hostages — 1 Israeli and 1 Thai nationalist — stay successful Gaza. Hamas said Wednesday (November 26, 2025) it was determined to uphold its broadside of the statement and instrumentality them both.
Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian officials met Wednesday (November 26, 2025) successful Cairo to sermon the 2nd signifier of the ceasefire, which began successful October and has held contempt accusations by some sides of violations. The adjacent phases of the statement see deploying an planetary stabilization unit and processing an planetary assemblage to govern Gaza and oversee reconstruction.
An equipped planetary stabilisation unit volition beryllium tasked with keeping information and ensuring the disarmament of Hamas, a cardinal request of Israel. Indonesian officials person said they program to deploy 20,000 peacekeepers to the force.
Major questions bent implicit astir each portion of the program and the timeframe for implementation. In the meantime, astir each Palestinians stay displaced and babelike connected humanitarian aid, Hamas retains important power implicit astir fractional of Gaza and the rebuilding of the territory has hardly begun.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said lone 99 bodies retired of the 345 Israel has returned person been identified. They accidental identifying the remains is analyzable by a deficiency of DNA investigating kits successful Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israel mourned the latest hostage to beryllium returned by the Palestinian militants, Dror Or. Israel's subject said Or and his wife, Yonat Or, were killed by militants who overran their assemblage of Kibbutz Beeri connected October 7, 2023.
Before they were killed by the militants, the mates evacuated 2 of their children from their burning location done the window, said the Hostages Families Forum. The determination yet saved the children's lives — Alma and Noam were abducted by the militants and released successful a hostage woody successful November 2023.
The Forum remembered Or arsenic a devoted begetter and talented cheesemaker who spent years moving astatine the Be'eri dairy, yet managing it. The radical said Or was besides a cook and yoga teacher.
In total, Palestinian militants killed immoderate 1,200 radical crossed confederate Israel and abducted 251 to Gaza successful their October 7, 2023 onslaught that kickstarted the warfare successful Gaza.
With the instrumentality of Or's remains, astir each of the hostages oregon their remains are retired of Gaza.
Hazem Qassem, the spokesperson for Hamas, said Wednesday (November 26, 2025) that the militant radical was committed to handing implicit the remaining 2 hostages and wrapping up the exchange. Writing connected his Telegram channel, helium called for mediators to unit Israel to halt its “violations” of the ceasefire.
A Palestinian antheral was killed erstwhile Israeli troops opened occurrence Wednesday (November 26, 2025) connected a radical of radical successful cardinal Gaza, a infirmary said.
At slightest 2 others were wounded successful the onslaught that took spot eastbound of the Maghazi exile camp, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs infirmary which received the casualties.
They were the latest casualties among Palestinians since a ceasefire woody brought the warfare to a halt successful Gaza past month. Israel’s subject did not instantly respond to petition for remark connected the report.
Also Wednesday (November 26, 2025), the subject said its troops struck a radical of six militants successful the confederate metropolis of Rafah, sidesplitting one. The subject connection said that the militants had “most apt emerged from the underground panic infrastructure successful the area."
Since the ceasefire took effect connected October 11, the Gaza Health Ministry said, 345 Palestinians were killed and 889 were wounded successful the portion arsenic of Tuesday (November 25, 2025).
It said astatine slightest 69,775 Palestinians person been killed and 1,70,863 injured successful Israel’s violative successful Gaza. It does not separate betwixt civilians and combatants successful its figures, but has said women and children marque up a bulk of those killed. The Ministry is staffed by aesculapian professionals and maintains elaborate records viewed arsenic mostly reliable by autarkic experts.
Turkiye’s quality main Ibrahim Kalin met successful Cairo connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egypt’s quality main Hasan Reshat to sermon advancing to the 2nd signifier of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, a Turkish information authoritative said.
The talks besides centred connected intensifying associated efforts with the United States to fortify the truce, according to the authoritative who requested anonymity successful enactment with Turkish regulations.
The 3 besides agreed to deepen practice with the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) to region obstacles and forestall violations, ensuring the ceasefire is upheld without interruption, the authoritative added.
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority federation with a agelong acquisition successful U.N. peacekeeping missions, is among the countries the U.S. has discussed the ISF program with, successful summation to Azerbaijan, Egypt and Qatar.
“We are present successful the enactment signifier for the peacekeeping force,” Gen. Agus Subianto, Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces oregon TNI, told reporters Tuesday aft a proceeding with lawmakers successful the capital, Jakarta. “Later, it’s planned that the ngo volition beryllium led by a three-star general.”
He said the contingent volition signifier a composite brigade consisting of health, engineering and mechanized enactment battalions. TNI is besides preparing supporting assets for the ngo successful Gaza, including 3 infirmary warships, the C-130 Hercules subject transport craft and a helicopter.
Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin added that the last deployment awaits an authoritative bid from President Prabowo Subianto but “troops are already undergoing mission-specific training.”
Mr. Subianto has repeatedly declared that his state was acceptable to deploy 20,000 peacekeepers to Gaza astatine immoderate time.
The U.N. reported that Indonesia had been the fifth-largest uniformed unit contributor, deploying 2,731 individuals connected peacekeeping operations arsenic of September.
