US EditionRed Cross has received remains of 2 more Hamas hostages to be given to Israel
- Hamas announced Wednesday it handed over all Israeli hostage remains it could recover, and the International Committee of the Red Cross received two coffins now transferring them to Israeli authorities.
- The Gaza peace plan called for Hamas to hand over 20 living and 28 dead by Monday, Oct. 13, while under the US-brokered deal Israel agreed to transfer 15 Palestinian bodies per deceased Israeli.
- Hamas said recovery is hampered by Gaza's destruction and said it has handed back all corpses it can reach, with earlier exchanges this week returning three Israeli bodies and one Nepalese deceased.
- The Rafah crossing remained closed on Wednesday as the Israeli Hostages and Missing Families Forum and Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz urged shelving the peace deal until all remains are returned.
- Close to 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023, and CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper called `This is an historic opportunity for peace` as Netanyahu and Trump urged Hamas to disarm.
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Israel Receives Bodies of 2 More Hostages
Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage . The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war. The coffins carrying the remains were...
By Oren Liebermann and Chris Lau Israel has identified the remains of two more hostages returned by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces reported Thursday. The two were identified as Inbar Hayman, who was kidnapped at the Nova music festival during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, and Master Sergeant Muhammad Al-Atresh, who was a tracker in the IDF's Gaza Northern Brigade, according to an IDF statement. Both were killed on October 7, acc…
Israel receives remains of two more hostages
The bodies of two more hostages were returned to Israel on Wednesday after the country said that a body returned the day prior was not a hostage. The terms of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas called for all Israeli hostages and bodies of hostages to be released. All living hostages have been released, but there have been questions about whether Hamas can retrieve the bodies of deceased captives. The identities of the two bodies are unclear…
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