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Red Cross to receive bodies of dead hostages in Gaza, Israel says

theSun World
  • 2025-10-16 09:09 AM
A Red Cross vehicle transports the bodies of hostages who were held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 15, 2025. - REUTERSPIXA Red Cross vehicle transports the bodies of hostages who were held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 15, 2025. - REUTERSPIX

CAIRO: The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that the Red Cross is travelling to a meeting point in the northern Gaza Strip to receive the bodies of several dead hostages.

It did not provide a specific number of bodies the Red Cross is expected to collect.

Hamas’s armed wing stated earlier on Wednesday that it would hand over two bodies. – Reuters