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Sunday, October 26, 2025
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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Hamas official says forces to enter new Gaza areas today to search for hostages’ bodies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Top Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya told Qatar’s Al Jazeera overnight that “there will be an entry into new areas in the Strip today to search for the bodies of hostages.”
Last night Egyptian forces and heavy equipment entered the Gaza Strip to help search for the bodies of hostages.
Al-Hayya also said that Hamas will hand over “all administrative control of the Gaza Strip to the temporary committee, including security.”
Hamas had previously announced that it is prepared to transfer control of Gaza to a temporary committee composed of independent Palestinians without political affiliation. No such committee has yet been formed.
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