US EditionIsrael says remains of 2 more hostages transferred by Hamas under Gaza deal
- On Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, Hamas handed over the remains of two hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza hours after U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived.
- Since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, the remains of 13 hostages agreed under the Trump administration's ceasefire agreement have been returned to Israel.
- Hamas warned `significant efforts and special equipment` are needed to recover bodies, and Vance said `It is a focus of everybody here to get those bodies back home to their families, so that they can have a proper burial. Now, that said, this is difficult. This is not going to happen overnight` in Israel.
- Under the exchange terms, Gaza's Health Ministry said Israel will release 15 Palestinian bodies per dead hostage, while the Israel Defense Forces urged families to await official identifications after last week's mix-up.
- Although some 200 U.S. troops were recently sent to Israel, JD Vance said they would not enter Gaza as officials conceptualize an international security force with Turkey and Indonesia.
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In Israel, some families fear that the dead hostages will be forgotten, and Hamas will only gradually give them back.
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What to know about the 13 hostages whose remains are still inside Gaza
Palestinian militants have so far released 15 bodies of hostages that were held in Gaza for the past two years as part of the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war.
Hamas has just returned most of the 28 bodies of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Like a drip and in the midst of violent threats from both Israel and the United States, the Islamist movement has been delivering between one and two bodies almost daily in the last week. In the ceasefire agreement, it promised to return them progressively, as it locates them among the ruins of the Palestinian enclave.
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der Standard DEThe radical Islamic Hamas has handed over two more dead hostages to Israel. According to the army, among them are the remains of a German Israeli
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