Hamas hands over 4 more bodies of hostages after Israel threatens aid cut, Trump warns them to disarm
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed late on Tuesday night that the Red Cross had received the bodies and handed it over to the Israeli military in Gaza.
October 15, 2025 07:00 AM IST
First published on: Oct 15, 2025 at 05:16 AM IST
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A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse allegedly to collect coffins containing the bodies of four deceased hostages, in Gaza City. (AP Photo)
After Israel threatened to cut aid supplies into Gaza, militant group Hamas has handed over four more bodies of the deceased hostages on Tuesday to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel, as US President Donald Trump threatened violence against the Palestinian group if it does not disarm, Reuters reported.
Hamas announced the returning of four more deceased hostages bodies after Israeli military said it would cut aid deliveries to Gaza by half over concerns that the militant group was handing over the remains of the deceased hostages slower than agreed during the signing of the first phase of 20-point Gaza peace plan brokered by President Trump during indirect talks in Egypt last week.
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Relatives of hostages whose bodies are still in Gaza Strip shout slogans calling for their release at the plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo)
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed late on Tuesday night that the Red Cross had received the bodies and handed it over to the Israeli military in Gaza. The bodies of the four hostages would now be taken to the National Center for Forensic Medicine where they will be identified and families will be notified accordingly.
The latest transfer of the remains of hostages comes a day after Israel received four other bodies of the deceased hostages. Even after Hamas returned a total of eight deceased hostages’ bodies till now, it isn’t clear if the Israeli authorities would allow the other half of the 600 aid trucks called for under the deal.
Earlier, Trump suggested that Hamas was abandoning its promise made during the signing of the Gaza ceasefire deal to return all the dead hostages, and threatened the group with violence.
“If they don’t disarm, we will disarm them. And it will happen quickly and perhaps violently,” Trump told reporters in Washington after returning from his trip to the Middle East.
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A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse allegedly to collect coffins containing the bodies of four deceased hostages, in Gaza City. (AP Photo) 
