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Red Cross says it transferred body received from Hamas to Israeli authorities
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Red Cross says it has handed over a body it collected from Hamas in the Gaza Strip this evening to Israeli authorities.
Hamas has claimed that the body belongs to hostage Shiri Bibas.
The IDF has not yet commented.
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Residents of the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel line the highway where a police convoy passes by as it transports the remains for identification to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv.
The body’s arrival in Israel comes hours before Hamas is slated to free six hostages from Gaza, the last of those to be returned under the first phase of the hostage release and ceasefire deal who are alive.
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