Only after a definitive identification process of the bodies by the Israeli healthcare system will the families be formally notified. The process is expected to take several hours.

The IDF is expected to remain, with US approval, at five strategic positions along the Israel-Lebanon border until it is confirmed that Hezbollah will not return south of the Litani River. The IDF is preparing to reinforce its presence in the border area and anticipates protests from local residents.  

Despite security concerns, private company chosen over government-owned Rafael to operate strategic facility. "Since October 7, these are exactly the facilities that have become targets for attack, especially from Iran," a source, a former senior IDF officer, explained.

The fast, representing one minute for each day of captivity, aims to raise awareness of the hostages' ongoing ordeal.

After the massacre of October 7, 2023, the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the coming years would be suicide for the Jewish state.