Israeli shelling on Khan Younis and the demolition of buildings in Al-Bure

The Israeli artillery and tanks shelled eastern and northern Khan Younis (southern Gaza Strip) today, Saturday. On another note, Israeli authorities revealed that they received 3 bodies of prisoners on Friday evening from the Red Cross, which were referred to the forensic institute to confirm their identities.

An Israeli drone launched bombs on the east of the Al-Bureij camp (central Gaza Strip), and the vicinity of Khan Younis was subjected to artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli tanks. Local sources reported that the occupation army continued to demolish residential buildings east of the Al-Bureij camp (central Gaza).

The ceasefire agreement - according to Trump's peace plan - ended an Israeli genocide in Gaza that lasted two years since October 7, 2023, with support from the United States. This genocide left more than 68,000 martyrs and over 170,000 injured, most of whom are children and women, and caused destruction to 90% of the civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority stated that the Red Cross handed over the remains of 3 prisoners to the army, which were transferred to the forensic institute for necessary examinations to identify them. It added, "However, it is still unclear whether these remains belong to the bodies of Israeli prisoners among the 11 prisoners still in Gaza."

For its part, Channel 13 in Israel indicated that Hamas informed the Red Cross that it does not know the owners of these bodies, but suggested that Israel examine them. The channel quoted the Israeli army as saying, "There are at least bodies that Hamas can deliver soon," while Hamas still does not know the whereabouts of between 3 to 5 other bodies.

These developments come one day after Israel received the remains of two prisoners from Gaza (Amiram Cooper and Saher Baruch) after they were officially identified by Israeli authorities. Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect, Hamas has delivered 20 living Israeli prisoners and the remains of 19 prisoners out of 28, as announced by the movement.

However, Israel previously claimed that one of the received bodies does not match any of its prisoners. This is part of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, which came into effect on October 10, 2025.

Israel conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase - of its agreement with Hamas - on receiving the remaining bodies of the prisoners, while Hamas insists that it takes time to extract them due to the massive destruction in Gaza.

In contrast, there are 9,500 missing Palestinians killed by the Israeli army, and their bodies remain under the rubble of the destruction caused by the Israeli genocide, according to the government media office in Gaza. Additionally, more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners, including children and women, are held in Israeli prisons, suffering from torture, starvation, and medical neglect, with many of them reported dead, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.