Hamas announced this afternoon (Tuesday) that it will transfer to Israel the body of a hostage who was murdered. No further details have been provided at this stage by the terror organization.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced that the Red Cross is expected to transfer remains from the Gaza Strip to Israel in the next hour.
At this stage, it is not known if the remains belong to a slain hostage or whether they are other items being handed over for identification.
The Prime Minister's Office later stated that Israel has received, through the Red Cross, findings that were transferred from the Gaza Strip and handed over to the IDF and Shin Bet forces within the Gaza Strip. There, they will be received in military status with a military rabbi. They will then be transferred to Israel, to the Ministry of Health's National Center for Forensic Medicine. At the end of the identification process and in accordance with the results of the examination, an official notification will be given to the family.
On Monday, the Hamas terror organization found remains while searching for the bodies of the remaining hostages.
Gaza terror groups are still holding the bodies of two deceased hostages: Yassam officer Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak, a Thai agricultural worker.
Last week, the body of Dror Or, who was murdered on October 7th and taken into Gaza from Be'eri, was returned.