![Bodies of two Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, as part of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in effect in Gaza City, Gaza on October 15, 2025. [Saeed M. M. T. Jaras - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AA-20251015-39424388-39424374-ALQASSAM_BRIGADES_TRANSFER_BODIES_OF_ISRAELI_HOSTAGES_TO_ICRC-1-1.jpg)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday that the army and Shin Bet security service received the remains of an Israeli prisoner from the Red Cross inside the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of hostages’ bodies retrieved to 11, Anadolu reports. “IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and Shin Bet forces inside the Gaza Strip received the coffin of a slain hostage (the remains of an Israeli prisoner) via the Red Cross,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. It added that the remains will be transferred to a forensic medical center in Israel and that all the families of the deceased hostages have been informed. The announcement came after Hamas confirmed that it exhumed and handed over the body of an […]
