IDF troops cross into Israel with casket containing apparent body of hostage

By Emanuel Fabian

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13 November 2025, 9:16 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The casket containing the apparent remains of a dead hostage has been brought out of the Gaza Strip by troops, the military says.

The body is now escorted by the police to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process which officials have said may take up to two days.

Footage aired by Al Jazeera of the supposed recovery of the remains showed Hamas members placing the photo of one of the hostages — who had been murdered and abducted by the Islamic Jihad on October 7 — on the body bag.

If the body is confirmed to belong to a hostage, it would mean that the remains of three hostages are still held in Gaza.