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Hamas, Red Cross said to search IDF-controlled Zeitoun for body of hostage
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Hamas operatives, alongside Red Cross representatives, were allowed into the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City earlier today to search for the body of a hostage, according to Palestinian and Arab media reports.
The neighborhood is under IDF control as part of the ceasefire. Like previous similar cases, Israel granted the Hamas gunmen permission to enter the IDF-held areas for the searches.
Al Jazeera reports a short while ago that the searches ended, seemingly without any bodies being recovered. The remains of three hostages are still in Gaza — Dror Or, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak.
#صور| فريق من الصليب الأحمر وكتائب القسام يستأنف البحث عن جثة أسير إسرائيلي في حي الزيتون بغزة. pic.twitter.com/ZiiWq7WVM8
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) November 20, 2025
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