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Thursday, February 20, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Convoy with what are believed to be the bodies of four slain hostages crosses border into Israel, 503 days after they were abducted alive to Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Officers salute a convoy of IDF vehicles, escorted by the Israel Police, carrying coffins apparently containing the remains of four hostages to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in central Israel, February 20, 2025. (Screenshot: Israel Police)
A convoy carrying what are believed to be the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages, handed over by Hamas this morning, has crossed the border from the Gaza Strip back into Israel, 503 days after the four — Shiri Bibas and her son Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz — were abducted alive by Hamas-led terrorists.
The bodies are being taken by a convoy of IDF vehicles, escorted by the Israel Police, to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in central Israel for identification.
Israelis, silent and holding national flags, line the route in honor of the four.
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