With the latest swap, Israel has sent back to Gaza a total of 345 Palestinian bodies since the exchanges started last month.

Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, one day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last month. The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed it helped transfer the bodies to Gaza.

Justice S Muralidhar will chair the three-member commission, placing an Indian jurist at the helm of one of the UN's most closely watched human rights panels amid Israel-Gaza tensions.

Palestinian fighters have returned 25 bodies of hostages under the ceasefire deal that went into effect on Oct. 10. The remaining hostages are two Israelis and a man from Thailand. In return, Israel has released the bodies of 330 Palestinians to Gaza. Most remain unidentified.

The two-year Gaza war and economic restrictions in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have triggered the worst collapse in the Palestinian economy on record, wiping out decades of growth, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

Discussions surrounding Israel and Palestine have shaped student activism, administrative responses, and discussion about academic freedom on campus for over seven decades.

Israel deported more than 150 freed Palestinian prisoners last month. Some experts in Israel warn it could have long-term consequences for Israeli security.

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (hereafter “the Commission”) has appointed former Indian jurist S.

Since the ceasefire began, Israel has received the remains of 25 hostages. For each hostage body returned, Israel releases 15 Palestinian bodies.

The Commission was created in 2021 through Resolution S-30/1, and has the mandate to conduct a continuous inquiry into events unfolding “in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,