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Monday, October 20, 2025
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Monday, October 20, 2025
IDF gearing up for Hamas to hand over body of hostage tonight
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse to collect coffins said to contain the bodies of four hostages, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (AP Photo/ Yousef Al Zanoun)
The IDF is preparing for the possibility that Hamas will return the body of a fallen hostage tonight, the Times of Israel has learned.
Yesterday, Hamas said it located the body of a hostage and would return it to Israel “if the field conditions are suitable.”
Hamas is still holding the bodies of 16 hostages.
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