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Police escorting casket with body of apparent hostage to forensic institute for ID
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (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.
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad 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 two hostages are still held in Gaza.
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