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Monday, October 20, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 20, 2025
Red Cross hands over casket with apparent remains of hostage to IDF troops in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse allegedly to collect coffins containing the bodies of four deceased hostages, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)
IDF troops in the Gaza Strip have received a casket, with the apparent body of a dead hostage, from the Red Cross a short while ago.
The casket had been collected by the Red Cross from Hamas in southern 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.
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