Aya Batraoui
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1,564 appearances
188 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
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In return, Israel released the bodies of 30 Palestinians on Friday.
Many of the bodies returned by Israel to Gaza in these exchanges have borne signs of torture and execution, according to the health ministry's forensics and photos.
Israel says 11 bodies of hostages still remain in Gaza.
Hamas says it needs time to recover more bodies.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News.
Israel's military says two soldiers were killed in an attack in southern Gaza, sparking a wave of airstrikes that killed Palestinians, many of them women and children, over the weekend.
Israel says it also dropped more than 120 bombs on a Hamas tunnel.
A Hamas official who spoke anonymously to NPR in order to brief the media says it was rogue militants who carried out the deadly attack on Israeli troops.
President Trump also told reporters that, quote, rebels were behind the attack.
Meanwhile, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are visiting Israel to discuss next steps of the ceasefire.
A senior Hamas delegation is also visiting Egypt for similar discussions.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
The director of the Kamel Adwen Hospital in North Gaza, Dr. Hossam Abou Safiyeh, was set to be released in that exchange, according to his family and an official brief by Israelis.
Instead, the doctor's family and lawyer say an Israeli court extended his detention without charge for another six months.
No public reason for his continued arrest has been given.
Dr. Abu Sufaya has been detained since last year after refusing to leave the hospital during weeks of Israeli bombardment that killed patients, staff and his son.
The Israeli military raided and then destroyed the hospital, alleging it had been used by Hamas, which staff deny.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel says a total of 18 doctors and at least 35 other medical staff from Gaza remain imprisoned without charge.
Aya Botrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
The UN says its teams in the past 24 hours were only able to collect aid, such as food, medicine and hygiene kits, that had previously been transferred into Gaza.
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