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Al Jazeera footage purports to show Hamas operatives searching for bodies of hostages in Khan Younis
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A video released overnight by the Qatari Al-Jazeera channel purports to show Hamas operatives searching for the bodies of hostages in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
The operatives can be seen working alongside bulldozers and heavy machinery to clear rubble from the heavily damaged streets.
Nineteen bodies of murdered hostages are still in Gaza. In recent days, Hamas claimed it had returned all the hostages that it could locate at this time, and was making efforts to find the remaining bodies.
Israel, however, has said it has intelligence indicating Hamas is still holding additional hostage bodies that it has not handed over.
Overnight, the terror group said it would take time to return the remaining bodies, as they are buried in tunnels allegedly destroyed by Israel or under the rubble of buildings damaged in Israeli strikes.
فيديو | مشاهد توثق بدء مقاتلي كتائب القسام الحفر بحثًا عن جثث الأسرى الإسرائيليين المفقودين في خان يونس جنوبي قطاع غزة. pic.twitter.com/BWJOfexwzf
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