US EditionIsrael says latest remains returned from Gaza are not hostages
- On Saturday, November 1, Israel said three bodies transferred from Gaza on Friday via the Red Cross were not hostages after tests at the National Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv.
- Since October 10, the US-brokered ceasefire has established a fragile truce focused on returning living hostages and remains, with phase one envisaging the release of Israeli hostages for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
- Hamas's armed wing said Saturday it handed over unidentified bodies, alleged Israel refused offered samples and demanded remains, and the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said, "We handed them over to preempt any enemy claims."
- The exchange followed Israel returning 30 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, completing that step of an exchange, while earlier this week Israeli strikes killed more than 100 people.
- Hamas says the process needs time because massive destruction in Gaza hampers locating remains, health workers at Nasser Hospital say identification is slow without DNA kits, and the last 11 hostages' remains remain to be returned amid 225 Palestinian bodies received since the ceasefire.
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AlKhaleej TodayIsrael confirms remains of three hostages returned by Hamas under Gaza ceasefire deal
JERUSALEM, Nov 3 — Israel has confirmed today that the remains handed over by Hamas yesterday belonged to three hostages taken during the October 7, 2023 attacks.The transfer was made under the Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel’s military said in a statement today.“Following the completion of the identification process... representatives of the IDF informed the families of the hostages killed in action that their …
Israel has received the remains of three other alleged hostages. Now, a court medical laboratory is to determine whether they are the bodies of Israeli soldiers.
The Red Cross vehicles have withdrawn three bodies from a site in the Gaza Strip and handed them over to the IDFs. They are hostages found by Hamas in the tunnels in the south of the region. To recover them, some militiamen have been authorized by the IDF to enter the area under its control, i.e. within the Yellow Line, near Khan Yunis, accompanied by members of the Red Cross. The Islamist group has agreed to withdraw from the areas, in accordan…
Israel: Latest remains given by Hamas not those of hostages
JERUSALEM — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Read more...
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