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IDF troops receive casket with apparent body of hostage 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
IDF troops in the Gaza Strip have received a casket, with the apparent body of a hostage, from the Red Cross a short while ago.
The casket had been collected by the Red Cross from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza.
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. Prior to the handover, the bodies of two slain hostages were held in Gaza.
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