Red Cross has collected two caskets from Hamas, said to contain slain hostages – IDF

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18 October 2025, 11:41 pm

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The IDF says the Red Cross has notified the military that it has collected two caskets, with the apparent bodies of two slain hostages, from Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip a short while ago.

The Red Cross is now bringing the caskets to IDF troops inside Gaza, where a small ceremony, led by a military rabbi, will be held. The remains will then be taken to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification.

The military wing of Hamas announces that it has handed over two bodies of hostages to the Red Cross. The statement does not specify the identities of the hostages.