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Thursday, February 20, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
IDF receives Red Cross confirmation that bodies of four slain hostages have been handed over by Hamas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Red Cross vehicles leave after receiving coffins said to contain the bodies of four Israeli hostages, Shiri Bibas and her two young children Kfir and Ariel, and Oded Lifshitz, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 20, 2025 (Screen grab/YouTube)
The IDF says the Red Cross has notified the military that the bodies of four slain hostages were handed over to them by Hamas.
The Red Cross is now bringing them to IDF and Shin Bet forces inside Gaza, where a short military ceremony will be held. The bodies will then be taken for identification in Israel.
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