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Illustrative photo of infant milk formula in Quimper, western France January 29, 2026. (Fred TANNEAU / AFP)
February 12, 2026, 8:21 pm
Health ministry launches probe into death of infant who consumed recalled formula
Newborn dies of respiratory failure on day authorities expand recall of Nutrilon due to toxin that prompted global action; no clinical link found between consumption and death
By Diana Bletter
Security forces pay their respects as a convoy carrying the body of a hostage arrives at the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, November 25, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 10:16 pm
Israel receives purported body of slain hostage, is working to identify it
Hamas and Islamic Jihad hand over remains following Israeli anger at 24-hour delay; IDF says it killed 5 gunmen in Rafah and a terror operative who crossed Yellow Line
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Hamas operatives accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to east of Gaza City to search for the bodies of hostages, November 13, 2025. (AP Photo/ Jehand Alshrafi)
November 17, 2025, 11:04 pm
Hamas hands over ‘findings’ to Red Cross, not body of hostage, Israeli officials say
Officials deny Al Jazeera report the terror group handed over one of remaining three bodies; IDF sends back dozens of Gazans who finished receiving medical treatment in Israel
By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan
Meny Godard. (Courtesy)
November 13, 2025, 11:09 pm
Body of Meny Godard, 73, lover of ‘sports, the ocean, people,’ returned from Gaza
Godard, a former soccer pro, war veteran, economist and lifeguard, was murdered at Kibbutz Be’eri along with his wife Ayelet on Oct. 7, with Meny’s body abducted
By Emanuel Fabian
Red Cross vehicles carrying the bodies of two people believed to be deceased hostages handed over by Hamas make their way toward the Kissufim border crossing with Israel, to be transferred to Israeli authorities, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, October 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 1, 2025, 4:38 am
Partial remains handed over by Hamas are not of hostages, Israeli authorities assess
Terror group says it offered samples of 3 unidentified bodies it found, but Israel refused and requested the remains; no comment from Israel; bodies of 11 hostages still held in Strip
By Emanuel Fabian
Slain hostages Ronen Engel (left) and Sonthaya Oakkharasri, whose bodies were returned to Israel by Hamas on October 18, 2025. (Courtesy)
October 19, 2025, 11:33 am
Ronen Engel, Thailand’s Sonthaya Oakkharasri identified as hostage bodies returned by Hamas
Engel, 54, was photographer and ambulance volunteer who was ‘always smiling’; Mika Engel says her father is ‘finally home’; Oakkharasri, 30, dreamed of building a farm in Thailand
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Police escort the caskets said to contain the bodies of two hostages from the Gaza border to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv, early October 19, 2025. (Israel Police)
October 19, 2025, 3:43 am
Hamas says it returned 2 more bodies of hostages; remains taken to forensic lab for ID
Caskets handed to IDF via Red Cross and brought from Gaza to Tel Aviv’s Abu Kabir institute; if confirmed to be abductees, number of bodies still in Strip would drop to 16
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
From left, Eitan Levy, Uriel Baruch and Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi, who were held hostage in Gaza and whose bodies were returned by Hamas on October 14, 2025. (Courtesy)
October 15, 2025, 1:35 pm
Hamas returns bodies of hostages Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levy; 4th body a Palestinian
Forensic examination confirms fourth body transferred by terror group does not belong to any hostage; return of Nimrodi’s remains is first confirmation he was killed in captivity
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Dr. Noya Shilo, head of the Return to Life Center at Sheba Medical Center, walks with two hostages released from Gaza captivity in February 2024. (Courtesy/Sheba Medical Center)
October 9, 2025, 1:51 pm
Hospitals gear up to receive returning hostages after over 734 days in Gaza captivity
Health Ministry says it asked Red Cross to try to ensure hostages aren’t suddenly overfed by captors as it can cause medical issues; forensic teams prepping for bodies of slain captives
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (lunopark/Shutterstock.com)
June 4, 2025, 7:00 am
Daughter of famed Noahide archaeologist found dead in her home; son suspected killer
73-year-old Sarah Richardson moved to Israel with her father, later converted to Judaism; police find son digging in yard, suspect he was trying to bury mother, hide evidence
By Charlie Summers
Body bags of victims from the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, are stacked in a container at the Shura military base, near Ramle, October 24, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 26, 2025, 2:28 pm
IDF still holding 350 bags of unidentified human remains from Oct. 7 massacre – report
Military rabbinate reportedly wants to repeat forensic examination, which religious services ministry opposes; issue said set for decision in a committee over coming days
By ToI Staff
IDF officers salute a casket containing the body of slain hostage Shiri Silberman Bibas, late on February 21, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 22, 2025, 9:43 pm
Forensics chief confirms ID of body of Shiri Bibas, no evidence she died in explosion
Comments come after Israel assesses she was ‘brutally murdered’ with her sons in November 2023; Hamas insists she died in airstrike, accuses Israel of disseminating ‘baseless lies’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
February 22, 2025, 5:39 am
Shiri Bibas’s body returned to Israel; officials assess she was ‘brutally’ murdered with sons in Gaza
Announcement comes after Hamas finally delivers body overnight, a day after her 2 young sons were determined to have been murdered in cold blood by terrorists in Strip
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas (Courtesy)
February 18, 2025, 5:02 pm
6 hostages to be freed Sat.; Hamas says bodies of Bibas mom, kids set for Thurs. return
Family of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas ‘in turmoil’ over Hamas announcement, has not received Israeli confirmation; only 3 living hostages were to go free this week, but Hamas will instead release all 6 of phase 1’s remaining living hostages
By Lazar Berman
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Avraham Munder, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and killed in captivity, and the reburial of Munder's son Roee who was murdered on October 7, following the recovery of Avraham Munder's body from Gaza, at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 6:51 pm
Bullet wounds in bodies of all 6 hostages from Gaza suggest they were killed by captors
Abu Kabir Forensic Institute provides initial autospy findings of bodies recovered by IDF in Khan Younis tunnel; bodies of terrorists found nearby also examined, no gunshot wounds
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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