The Israeli military said on Wednesday that the Red Cross had taken possession of the remains of a hostage from Gaza as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
“According to information provided by the Red Cross, a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred into its custody and is on the way to (Israeli) troops in the Gaza Strip,” the military said in a statement.
Of the 28 deceased hostages Hamas agreed to hand over to Israel under the deal, it has so far returned 22 — 19 Israelis, one Thai national and one Nepali — including the latest body.
Early on Wednesday, Hamas’s armed wing said it would hand over the remains of another hostage as required under the US-brokered ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza.
The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades “will hand over the body of an Israeli prisoner found in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, at 9 PM Gaza time” (1900 GMT), the group said on its Telegram channel.
