The Israeli Knesset has approved the first reading of a bill that allows the regime to pass the death penalty for Palestinian abductees.

The Israeli military killes two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in yet another violation of a fragile ceasefire agreement with the Hamas resistance group.

Gaza’s Health Ministry has strongly condemned the horrific crimes committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian abductees whose bodies have been returned by the regime.

Israeli regime has been involved in systematic organ theft from mutilated Palestinian bodies amid the genocidal war on Gaza, sparking calls for an international investigation and justice for victims.

An international rights group says the bodies of Palestinian abductees handed over by Israel following the Gaza ceasefire show they were subjected to brutal torture.

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The Islamic Jihad resistance movement says the release of Palestinian abductees from Israeli jails is the fruit of resistance fighters’ bravery and national unity.