Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies

A senior Hamas source stated that Israel's widespread destruction in Gaza is responsible for delays in locating and returning the bodies of captives. This claim is a response to Israeli officials who accused Hamas of failing to return bodies as part of a US-brokered peace deal that ended a two-year war. The Hamas source asserted that negotiators had made it clear during talks that the devastation would complicate the task of finding the bodies. The source referenced a specific clause in the signed agreement acknowledging that significant time and effort would be needed to retrieve the remains after the withdrawal of Israeli forces.