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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
IDF says it received casket from Red Cross in Gaza with apparent body of dead hostage
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of three deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the border crossing with Israel, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
IDF troops in the Gaza Strip have received a casket, with the apparent body of a dead hostage, from the Red Cross a short while ago.
The casket had been collected by the Red Cross from Hamas in Gaza City.
The IDF is set to inspect the casket before draping it in an Israeli flag 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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