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Israel prepares for handover of 2 deceased hostages

After three days without deceased hostages being transferred to Israel, Hamas may hand over two of the remaining 13 still held in captivity this evening.

by  Itsik Saban
Published on  10-24-2025 14:30
Last modified: 10-24-2025 14:30
Israel prepares for handover of 2 deceased hostagesAP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Red Cross vehicles carrying an Israeli hostage, May 12, 2025 | Photo: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

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After three days without deceased hostages being released, police received instructions Friday afternoon to prepare for the possibility that Hamas would release two deceased hostages this evening, from the 13 hostages the terror organization still holds in captivity.

According to the instructions police received, the terror organization may transfer the two at 9:00 p.m. Friday evening to the Red Cross, and from there the bodies will be transferred to Israel.

Hostage Tamir Adar's mother, Yael Adar, and sister, Roni, react at his coffin during his funeral, as according to the Israeli army, he was killed while defending Kibbutz Nir Oz during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, and whose body was taken to Gaza, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, October 23, 2025 (Photo: Reuters/Nir Elias) REUTERS

So far, Hamas has returned 15 deceased hostages to Israel out of 28, in violation of the agreement that stipulated the bodies would be returned within 72 hours from the signing. In the past three days, no deceased hostages were returned at all.

As mentioned, Israel has received 15 deceased hostages so far: Arie Zalmanowicz, Tamir Adar, Tal Haimi, Sonthaya Oakkharasri, Ronen Engel, Eliyahu Margalit, Inbar Hayman, Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levi, Guy Illouz, Daniel Peretz, Bipin Joshi, Muhammad Al-Atarash, and Yossi Sharabi.

The deceased hostages still held by Hamas are: Amiram Cooper, Dror Or, Sahar Baruch, Meny Godard, Joshua Loitu Mollel, Lior Rudaeff, Sudthisak Rinthalak, Omer Neutra, Daniel Oz, Asaf Hamami, Itay Chen, Ran Gvili, and Hadar Goldin.

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