Bodies said to belong to three deceased hostages brought out of Gaza by IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

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2 November 2025, 9:44 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The caskets containing the apparent remains of three dead hostages have been brought out of the Gaza Strip by troops, the military says.

The bodies are now escorted by the police to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process that officials have said may take up to two days.

If the bodies are confirmed to belong to hostages, it would mean that the remains of eight dead hostages are still held in Gaza. Hamas has previously transferred remains that did not belong to any of the deceased hostages being held in the Strip.