GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas Movement, announced on Thursday evening that they had handed over the body of an Israeli captive held in Gaza, in coordination with the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
The Israeli military confirmed that the Red Cross had received the body and transferred it to Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip.
Earlier today, both the al-Qassam and al-Quds Brigades declared their intention to deliver the body of an Israeli captive recovered from Gaza as part of the prisoner exchange deal.
The first phase of the agreement between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange began on October 10, in accordance with a US plan.
