Israel’s military says the Red Cross has retrieved a coffin of a deceased hostage in the southern Gaza Strip and is now “on the way to IDF [Israel Defence Forces] troops” in the territory.
Posting on X, the IDF urged the public to “act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will first be provided to the families”.
It also stressed that Hamas was required to “return all the deceased hostages” in accordance with a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
This follows an earlier statement from Hamas that it would hand over the body of an Israeli hostage to the Red Cross.
Hamas has returned the bodies of nine of the 28 dead hostages in Gaza, and freed all 20 living hostages.