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Sunday, November 2, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 2, 2025
IDF receives apparent remains of three hostages from Red Cross, en route to Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Footage released on social media on November 2, 2025, showing the apparent retrieval of remains of a deceased hostage held in Gaza. (Screenshot/Al-Arabiya via X)
IDF troops in the Gaza Strip have received three caskets, with the apparent bodies of three deceased hostages, from the Red Cross a short while ago.
The Red Cross had previously collected the caskets from Hamas in southern Gaza.
The IDF is set to inspect the caskets before draping them in Israeli flags and holding a short ceremony led by a military rabbi.
The remains will then be taken to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification.
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