Israeli intelligence shared with US claims Hamas has access to more bodies, Axios reports

Adina and Shira Perez attend the funeral of their brother, Israeli soldier Daniel Shimon Perez, who was killed during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and whose body was abducted and later returned to Israel as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, Oct. 15, 2025. (Reuters)
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  • Israel told the US Hamas was not doing enough to recover the bodies of dead Israeli hostages

WASHINGTON: Israeli intelligence shared with the US claimed that Hamas had access to more bodies than claimed by the Palestinian militant group, Axios reported on Wednesday.
Axios reported that Israel told the US Hamas was not doing enough to recover the bodies of dead Israeli hostages, and that the Gaza deal cannot move into the next phase until that changes. It cited two Israeli officials and one US official.