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IDF troops bring casket with apparent body of hostage to Israel, taken for identification
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe casket containing the apparent remains of a deceased hostage has been brought out of the Gaza Strip by troops.
The body is now escorted by police to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process which officials have said may take up to two days.
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups did not provide the identity of the hostage they handed over.
If the body is confirmed to belong to a hostage, it would mean that the remains of one hostage is still held in Gaza — either police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili or Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.
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