Hamas handed over another coffin containing the remains of an Israeli hostage to the Red Cross, which in turn handed over the body to Israeli officials, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.
The Red Cross delivered the coffin to the Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed. The remains will be transferred to Israel, where a military rabbi will perform a military ceremony, Netanyahu’s office said.
After the ceremony, the National Center of Forensic Medicine will conduct an identification process, after which the hostage’s family will be notified.
Hamas earlier said it had found the body of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza, Reuters reported. Hamas said the body was found in Shejaia, an eastern suburb of Gaza City in an area still occupied by Israeli forces, after Israel granted access to the site to teams from Hamas and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
ISRAEL RECEIVES TWO MORE HOSTAGE BOXES FROM GAZA VIA RED CROSS OPERATION AS IDENTIFICATION BEGINS
A Red Cross vehicle carries a body after Hamas said it found the body of an Israeli soldier held hostage on Tuesday and is preparing to return it to Israel via the Red Cross, in Gaza City, November 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)
This follows the release on Sunday of the bodies of three Israeli hostages, including American Omer Neutra.
RED CROSS RECEIVES ‘SEVERAL CASES OF DECEASED HOSTAGES’ IN GAZASTRIP, IDF SAYS
Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas had agreed to hand over the remains of 28 dead hostages in exchange for the bodies of 360 Palestinian militants killed in the Gaza war.
The Red Cross transports the body of a deceased hostage, who has been held in Gaza since the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, after being handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and hostage and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on October 30, 2025. (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)
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Before Tuesday, Hamas had released the remains of 20 hostages, eight of whom were in Gaza.
