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Red Cross heading to handover site in Gaza to pick up two hostages’ bodies
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A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse to collect coffins said to contain the bodies of four hostages, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (AP Photo/ Yousef Al Zanoun)
Red Cross vehicles are now heading to a handover site in the southern Gaza Strip to collect the bodies of two hostages from Hamas and bring them to the IDF, the military says.
A senior Red Cross official confirmed to The Times of Israel that its team is en route.
Hamas did not identify the hostages whose bodies it is set to hand over.
The terror group said that it had “retrieved” the bodies today.
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