The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that 81 specialists from the AFAD agency have been sent to Gaza to participate in operations to search for the bodies of the 19 Israeli hostages, which Hamas claims have not been found.

The AFAD rescue teams, known for their interventions in emergency situations, will conduct the searches, and one team will focus on recovering the bodies. Although the Turkish military intervention could be a theoretical option, the main task falls to civilian entities. Hamas has stated that it has returned the remains of the deceased hostages and emphasized that recovering other bodies requires special equipment.