Israel Police Say Received Presumed Remains of One of Last Two Gaza Hostages

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Israel Police Say Received Presumed Remains of One of Last Two Gaza Hostages

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Israel Police Say Received Presumed Remains of One of Last Two Gaza Hostages

A Qassam Brigades militant watches from the side of the road as vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) leave with the second batch of released Israeli hostages released by Hamas in the south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on October 13, 2025. ©Bashar Taleb / AFP

Israeli police said Tuesday that they had received the presumed remains of one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip and were transporting them to the morgue for identification.

In a brief statement, the police said they were "currently escorting, with reverence, the coffin of the fallen hostage to the National Center of Forensic Medicine".

AFP

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