US EditionIsrael Says Militants in Gaza Have Handed over a Body Believed to Be a Hostage
The transfer of remains is part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal requiring Hamas to return 28 bodies; 24 have been returned so far, Israel Defense Forces said.
- On Thursday, Israel said militants in Gaza handed over a coffin believed to contain a hostage, and the International Committee of the Red Cross team was en route to receive it.
- Since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, Hamas has committed to returning 28 bodies, with 20 hostages returned on Oct. 13, as part of the U.S.-brokered agreement.
- Gaza's Health Ministry said 315 total remains have been received, but widespread devastation and shortages of DNA testing kits complicate identification, while Israeli officials accused militants of partial or staged returns.
- The deal will not move to next phases until all remains are returned, the Israel Defense Forces said families will get identification first, with three more remains in Gaza to recover.
- Amid mutual accusations, exchanges have continued even as Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violations and Gaza's Health Ministry reports more than 69,100 Palestinian deaths.
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The Red Cross is once again taking a coffin with mortal remains in the Gaza Strip. According to the Islamists, it is the body of an Israeli hostage.
Red Cross vehicles headed to the southern part of the Gaza Strip this evening to retrieve the remains of an Israeli hostage from Hamas, The Times of Israel reported.
The Israeli army reported that the coffin, handed over by the ICRC to soldiers inside the Gaza Strip, had been transferred to Israel and was on its way to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for an autopsy to identify the remains.
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Israel says militants in Gaza have handed over a body believed to be a hostage
Israel’s army says militants in Gaza have handed over a body believed to be a hostage. Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 10, the remains of 24 hostages have been returned to Israel.
Red Cross team en route to receive hostage’s body in Gaza, IDF says
The joint statement by the terror groups claimed the remains were found earlier on Thursday in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza. By JNS The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday night that an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team was en route to receive a coffin believed to contain the body of a hostage in the Gaza Strip. “The IDF requests that the public act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will …
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