Red Cross en route to pick up apparent remains of hostage, after Hamas said it would return Lt. Hadar Goldin

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

Red Cross vehicles are now heading to a handover site in the southern Gaza Strip to collect the apparent remains of a deceased hostage from Hamas, the IDF says.

Hamas said earlier that it would return to Israel the body of Lt. Hadar Goldin, who was killed and abducted by the terror group in the 2014 Gaza War.

Israel is unlikely to make a conclusive assessment as to the identity before the body is taken for forensic testing.

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