US EditionIsrael Receives the Body of Another Deceased Buried by Hamas in Gaza
The body of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen was returned under a ceasefire deal involving hostage and body exchanges between Hamas and Israel, with 21 of 28 hostage bodies repatriated.
- On Nov 4, the Prime Minister's Office said Israel received a body via the International Committee of the Red Cross, identified as Staff Sergeant Itay Chen.
- Under the Oct 10 ceasefire, Hamas turned over all 20 living hostages in exchange for 2,000 Palestinian convicts and wartime detainees, but says Gaza's war devastation has made locating bodies difficult.
- Records show Hamas has returned 21 of 28 bodies buried in Gaza, including Mr Chen, while Israel handed over 270 Palestinian bodies killed since the war began in October 2023.
- Despite the truce, incidents have continued, with Israel accusing Hamas of stalling on returns and reporting three soldiers killed amid the US‑brokered ceasefire.
- Amid the wider Gaza toll, Gaza health officials report over 68,000 Palestinians killed and 239 since the truce, following the Oct 7 attack that took 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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Israel receives remains of Gaza captive: PM office
Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip had received from the Red Cross the remains of a captive returned by Hamas on Tuesday as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. The terms of the truce, in effect since October 10, require the return of all hostages living and dead. "Israel has received, via the Red Cross, the coffin of a fallen hostage that was handed over to an [Israeli miitary] and Shin Bet force inside the Gaza Strip," a statem…
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…
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.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that the remains of another Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip had been handed over to the Red Cross under a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group Hamas.
The ceasefire in Gaza remains in place for now, but is also very precarious. Meanwhile, the search for the bodies of Israeli hostages continues unabated. Follow developments in the Middle East via our live blog.
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