The Israeli occupation army said in a statement that "two soldiers were slightly injured when an explosive device exploded in an area under our control in Khan Yunis." The Hebrew website Walla reported that "the two soldiers were evacuated to the hospital for treatment."
The website explained that "as part of an army operation south of Khan Yunis, a tank ran over an explosive device," stressing that "no militants were spotted in the area at the time of the explosion." Hamas did not comment on the incident.
According to figures published by the Israeli occupation army on its website, 919 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 6,333 wounded since the start of the Israeli genocidal war in the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023.
In this context, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it would hand over the bodies of two Israeli prisoners recovered in Gaza on Tuesday evening, in a statement posted on Telegram.
The Qassam Brigades said in a statement: "As part of the Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange deal, the Al-Qassam Brigades will hand over the bodies of two prisoners from the occupation, who were extracted today in the Gaza Strip, at 9:00 PM Gaza time (6:00 GMT)."
On Monday evening, the Israeli occupation army announced that it had received the body of a prisoner from the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of bodies it had received from Hamas to 14.
Following today's expected handover, Hamas will have released 20 live Israeli prisoners and the remains of 16 of the original 28 since October 10. Tel Aviv, however, claims that one of the bodies it received does not match any of its prisoners.
Hamas says it seeks to "close the file" and needs time, advanced equipment, and heavy machinery to retrieve the remaining bodies missing in Gaza as a result of Israeli bombing.
On Monday, Hamas leader and head of its negotiating delegation, Khalil al-Hayya, said, "We are serious about extracting the bodies of all the Israeli prisoners held captive, but we are facing extreme difficulty in extracting them, and we are continuing our efforts."
The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel entered into force on October 10, after it was approved by the Tel Aviv government at dawn that same day.
A day earlier, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on the first phase of his ceasefire and prisoner exchange plan, following indirect negotiations between the two sides in Sharm el-Sheikh, with the participation of Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar, and under US supervision.
The agreement ended a genocide initiated by Israel with US support on October 8, 2023, which left 68,229 dead and 170,369 injured, most of them children and women, and destroyed 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
