Gaza: Search continues for missing hostages, while Hamas declares: "Weapons will be handed over if the occupation ends."

Yesterday, October 26, the leader of Hamas Khalil al-Hayya declared that “Hamas weapons will be handed over if the occupation ends.” In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, al-Hayya explained that “Hamas's weapons are tied to the existence of Israeli occupation and aggression and, if the occupation were to end, these weapons would be handed over to the State.”

The Hamas leader added that “today there will be a entering new areas of the Strip to search for the bodies of the hostages".

Meanwhile, the United States they started use surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip, with the purpose of ensure that Israel and Hamas respect the ongoing ceasefire. The Israeli army (IDF) announced that it has a drone attack was carried out in Nuseirat, in the central area of ​​the Strip, targeting a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative who, according to military authorities, was planning an “imminent attack” against the troops.

Meanwhile, The Israeli Attorney General's Office has called the bill submitted to the Knesset "unconstitutional." which would allow for to delay indefinitely the ongoing trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to what the Times of Israel, the bill was proposed by far-right parliamentarian Limor Son Har-Melech, of the Otzma Yehudit party, and will be examined today by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. The rule, consisting of a single operative sentence, would allow for postpone the trial of a prime minister or minister at any time after an indictment and before a final sentence.

"The bill allows political considerations to creep into the criminal process, seriously damaging the integrity of the process, the principle of equality before the law, the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers,” write two deputies of the Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The document states that the proposal was drafted to help the prime minister "escape justice." and that “the violation of the fundamental principles of a democratic regime makes the proposal unconstitutional and must be opposed.”

According to Ynet, the Israel Defense Forces are withdrawing from some areas where they were Searches underway for the bodies of kidnapped civilians, to avoid clashes with members of Hamas and following pressure from mediator countries.

In Lebanon, the mission UN UNIFIL reported a IDF attack on one of its patrols near Kfar Kila. "An Israeli drone approached a UNIFIL patrol and dropped a grenade. Moments later, an Israeli tank fired at peacekeeping forces. Fortunately, no injuries or damage were caused,” the statement read.

In the meantime, Implementation of the Israel-Hamas agreement on the first phase of the Trump plan continues for the end of the war in Gaza, which provides for the release of 20 Israeli hostages and approximately 2.000 Palestinian prisoners: 250 life-sentenced prisoners for attacks and murders and 1.722 incarcerated after October 7, 2023, including 22 minors.