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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Israel says remains handed over yesterday by Hamas do not belong to either hostage
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A vehicle carrying remains handed over by Hamas to Israel arrives at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israel says that the forensic remains handed over yesterday from Hamas are not connected to either of the two remaining hostages in the Strip.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the tests were completed by the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv and the families of the two remaining hostages — Israeli Ran Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak — were informed of the update.
“The efforts to bring them home will not stop until the mission is complete — returning them for a proper burial in their country,” the PMO adds.
A senior Red Cross official told The Times of Israel yesterday that the findings it handed over to the IDF from Hamas included “small remains, pieces” of a body.
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