Nov 07 Another set of hostage remains has been handed over in Gaza, Israel says By Julia Frankel, Associated Press The Red Cross transferred the remains of a hostage to Israeli troops in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of a soldier whose body was turned over earlier in the week… Continue reading
Nov 05 Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press The Israeli military said Wednesday that Hamas has handed over remains believed to be of a deceased hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza, the latest step forward under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Continue reading
Nov 05 Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceed By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press The International Committee of the Red Cross has transported 285 bodies since the deal was brokered. Continue reading
Nov 04 Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Ahead of the announcement, Hamas had returned the remains of 20 hostages to Israel under the ceasefire. If the latest remains are confirmed, that would leave the remains of seven in Gaza. Continue reading
Nov 03 Israel hands over 45 bodies after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israel has returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians, according to the Red Cross. It comes a day after militants returned the remains of three Israeli soldiers killed in a Hamas-led attack in October 2023. Continue reading
Nov 02 Israel says it received remains of 3 hostages from Hamas in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds By Renata Brito, Associated Press Since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza, before Sunday's handover. Continue reading
Nov 01 Israel says latest remains Hamas returned from Gaza are not of hostages, straining ceasefire By Renata Brito, Associated Press The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Oct 31 Red Cross says unidentified remains of 3 people have been transferred to Israel from Gaza By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages, an Israeli military official said. The handover follows Israel's return… Continue reading
Oct 30 Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza By Julia Frankel, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over remains of two hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 10:03 Palestinians say bodies and detainees returned by Israel show signs of torture and abuse By Leila Molana-Allen, Sonia Kopelev, Zeba Warsi, Karl Bostic, Janine AlHadidi, Shams Odeh As part of the latest ceasefire deal, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees and the bodies of nearly 200. Many of the dead show what Palestinian officials and relatives say are signs of torture and abuse. Special… Continue watching