Israel examines remains from Gaza

Twenty-six dead hostages have been returned by militants since Oct. 10 ceasefire.

- By Waraa SHURAFA, MEGAN JANETSKY AND SAMY MAGDY

ISRAELI forces on Tuesday demolish the West Bank home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a Palestinian accused of planting bombs on buses.

Israel on Tuesday said it had received remains handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. They were believed to be one of the two hostages still in the territory: an Israeli and a Thai national.

Israel's government said the “findings” were taken for forensic testing. Palestinian media said they were discovered in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya.

The remains of 26 hostages taken in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war in Gaza have already been returned since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire began Oct. 10.

Deaths in Gaza

Israeli fire killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, according to local hospitals.

An Israeli drone strike killed a videographer in the south, said officials at Nasser Hospital, which received the body.

Mahmoud Wadi was killed in Khan Yunis, the hospital said. Wadi owned a drone photography company that once specialized in recording occasions such as weddings. More recently, it posted video of Gaza’s destruction.