Al Jazeera reported on Monday that Hamas has transferred the body of one of the Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the city of Gaza. According to the report, the handover was carried out within Gaza City by Hamas’s military wing.
Israel clarified that this was not the body of a kidnapped person, but "a finding that was submitted at our request for examination."
An Israeli source added: "This is a finding that was discovered yesterday during the scans in Zeitoun and, at our request, will be handed over for examination in Israel through the Red Cross. This is not a case of transferring a kidnapped person."
A DNA test conducted in Israel to examine the evidence from the Gaza Strip revealed on Tuesday that there is no connection to one of the hostages.
The evidence is a piece of cloth with blood stains, which was transferred through the Red Cross for examination in Israel.
Currently, three deceased Israeli hostages are still being held by terrorist organizations in Gaza: Dror Or, Ran Gvili, and Sudthisak Rinthalak.
Last Thursday, Hamas transferred the body of Meni Godard, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri who was murdered and abducted from his home during the October 7th terrorist attack.
On the morning of the attack, Godard and his wife Ayelet hid in their home’s safe room. After their house was set on fire, they were forced to flee. Terrorists ambushed them near their home-Meni was murdered and taken to Gaza, while Ayelet was killed later after hiding in the bushes for several hours.