Hamas releases the names of four dead hostages whose bodies the terror group is expected to transfer to the Red Cross today.
The hostages are Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and Daniel Perez.
The statement does not specify when the transfer will take place.
The fate of Joshi, a Nepali agricultural student, had not been confirmed by Israel, but it has expressed “grave concern” about him.
Illouz was taken from the Nova festival and succumbed to his wounds in a Gaza hospital, apparently due to lack of medical treatment. His death was confirmed in December 2023.
Perez, 22, a platoon commander in the 7th Armored Brigade’s 77th Battalion, from Yad Binyamin, was killed battling Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Sharabi, 53, the brother of freed hostage Eli Sharabi, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was kidnapped from his home on October 7 and slain in captivity.
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