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Monday, November 24, 2025
Islamic Jihad confirms it ‘found’ body of deceased hostage, no details on transfer to Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The three slain hostages whose bodies were still held captive in Gaza as of November 24, 2025. (L-R): Dror Or, Ran Gvili, and Sudthisak Rinthalak. (Collage by Times of Israel; Photos: Courtesy)
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group confirms in a statement that it “found” the body of a hostage during excavation work in the central Gaza Strip earlier today.
Al Jazeera had reported that the body was located by Islamic Jihad in an area north of central Gaza’s Nuseirat.
There has been no announcement yet on the planned transfer of the body to Israel.
The bodies of three slain hostages remain captive in the Gaza Strip.
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