Israel gets another hostage body from Gaza

18-Oct-2025

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Israel said on October 18 that the Red Cross had turned over the body of another deceased hostage from Gaza to Israel's military amid a dispute over delays in the return of remains under the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

Hamas had said on October 17 it planned to transfer a deceased hostage to the Red Cross.

This was the 10th deceased hostage Israel has received out of 28 bodies held in Gaza, and Hamas, citing technical problems, has said it needed heavy machinery and excavating equipment to speed up the process of locating bodies buried under rubble.