US EditionIsrael receives remains said to be of deceased hostage held in Gaza
Hamas announced discovery of an Israeli soldier's remains in Gaza's Shijaiyah neighborhood, with 21 of 28 deceased hostages returned since the October 10 ceasefire.
- On Tuesday, Hamas announced it located an Israeli hostage's remains beyond the `yellow line` in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City and will transfer them to Israel.
- Since the truce, Gaza health ministry reports Israel returned 270 bodies, with only 78 identified, while the ceasefire deal required Israeli forces to withdraw behind the demarcated `yellow line`.
- Profiles of individual missing or killed people underscore the human toll: Itay Chen, 20, of Netanya, was missing 158 days before confirmed kidnapped, while Dror Or's family learned 208 days later he was killed.
- Families pressed officials after a Monday meeting with government hostage czar Gal Hirsch, issuing a joint appeal for all eight missing hostages and insisting Gaza not be rebuilt first.
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If the body is clearly identified as that of an Israeli hostage, it would be the 21st of the 28 remains that the Islamist movement must make as part of the agreement with the Hebrew state.
The Office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed on Tuesday that the Army and the Shin Bet (the Israeli internal intelligence agency) have received from the Red Cross the coffin with the body of an alleged hostage handed over by Hamas as part of the ceasefire agreement. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the coffin of a missing hostage who has been handed over to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet i…
Hostage remains handed over Tuesday are those of dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, Israel says
Israel on Tuesday said it had received the remains of Itay Chen, the last US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.
In the Gaza Strip, Hamas has once again handed over the remains of Israel via the Red Cross. According to the Israeli army, this is the body of an American-Israeli soldier. Accordingly, seven dead hostages are now in Gaza.
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