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4 more bodies, purportedly of unnamed hostages, return to Israel Tuesday after threat to limit aid - one may not be a hostage as Egyptian team helps search

2025-10-15

[IsraelTimes] Transfer occurs after Israel accuses Hamas of breaking ceasefire deal; bodies taken to forensic institution to be identified in coming days; 4 more bodies set for return Wednesday

IDF troops brought four caskets that were said to hold the bodies of dead hostages back to Israel on Tuesday night, after the government accused Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
of breaking the ceasefire agreement and threatened to withhold aid from Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
The bodies, which Hamas gave to the Red Thingy earlier on Tuesday before they were transferred to the military, have not been identified by Hamas. They were taken to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process that officials say could take up to two days.

The handover happened after Israel accused Hamas of violating the recently implemented ceasefire by withholding the bodies of deceased hostages. Hamas released the final 20 living hostages on Monday, as well as the bodies of four dead captives, but was still holding 24 deceased hostages.
I know, imagine my shock!
If the bodies that were brought to Israel late on Tuesday are indeed identified as deceased hostages, it would mean that 20 bodies of captives remain in the Strip. Earlier this year, Hamas gave Israel a body that it said belonged to slain hostage Shiri Bibas, which was soon identified as a Paleostinian from Gaza. Bibas’s remains were subsequently handed to Israel.

Hamas has informed the mediators that it will transfer four more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Wednesday, a Middle Eastern diplomat and a second source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel.

The controversy surrounding the release of deceased hostages could threaten to derail the ceasefire, just over a day after celebrations erupted across Israel at the release of the remaining living hostages. US President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets...
, whose administration brokered the deal, lauded it in a landmark Knesset address, then flew to Egypt for a peace summit in the agreement’s wake.

The agreement stipulated that Hamas return all 48 hostages, living and dead, within 72 hours of the deal taking effect, a period that began on Friday. But it also raised the possibility that there would be a delay in locating the dead hostages’ bodies in the war-torn Strip.

Now, disputes reminiscent of past ceasefires are resurfacing, as small groups of hostages are let out in phases amid fear that the agreement could collapse. Israel is claiming Hamas broke the deal by delaying the return of the dead captives. And families of those held in Gaza are fuming that celebrations are premature, given that the bully boyz who perpetrated the October 7, 2023, attack that launched the war are still holding hostages.

In addition, on Tuesday, Israel decided not to reopen the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt the next day, as required by the ceasefire deal, citing the delay in the return of the dear departed hostages. Israel said it would also reduce the amount of aid flowing into Gaza as part of the sanctions against the terror group.

Whether that decision was changing following Tuesday night’s handover was unclear. Following the caskets’ arrival in Israel, the IDF had been expected to inspect them before draping them in Israeli flags and holding a short ceremony led by a military rabbi.

"Hamas is required to abide by the agreement and make the necessary efforts to return all the bodies," the military says.

Trump, meanwhile, claimed that Hamas misrepresented the number of bodies of slain hostages it told mediators it would be able to produce.

"We were told they had 26, 24 dead hostages... and it seems as though they don’t have that, because we’re talking about a much lesser number," Trump said on Tuesday.

"I want them back," Trump reiterated to news hounds in the White House during a meeting with visiting Argentine President Javier Milei.

The four deceased hostages returned on Monday were identified by forensic experts as Guy Illouz, 26, Bipin Joshi, 23, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and IDF officer Cpt. Daniel Perez, 22 — matching a list provided by Hamas ahead of that transfer.

Perez’s family said it would hold a second funeral for him on Wednesday evening in Jerusalem.

Perez, an immigrant from South Africa who was a tank commander in the 7th Armored Brigade’s 77th Battalion, was killed battling Hamas fighters during the October 7 attack, and his body was taken captive.

His death was declared by the IDF in March 2024, and his family decided at the time to hold a funeral, burying his blood-soaked clothing at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. His remains are expected to be added to the casket during this evening’s proceedings.

Of the remaining captives in Gaza, Israel has confirmed the deaths of all except Tamir Nimrodi. They were killed either on or after the October 7, 2023, onslaught, except for Hadar Goldin, a soldier who was killed in Gaza in 2014.

Body returned by Hamas last night may not belong to hostage — report
[IsraelTimes] Forensic scientists are investigating whether one of the four bodies returned by Hamas last night does not belong to a hostage, after the identities of three others were confirmed earlier, Channel 12 reports.

While the other bodies were confirmed to have belonged to Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi, and Eitan Levy, the identity of the fourth has not been identified.

Earlier this year, Hamas gave Israel a body that it said belonged to slain hostage Shiri Bibas, which was soon identified as a Palestinian from Gaza. Bibas’s remains were subsequently handed to Israel.

Egyptian teams inside Gaza working to locate bodies of hostages — report
[IsraelTimes] Egyptian teams are inside Gaza assisting efforts to locate and extract the bodies of deceased hostages, the Qatari Al Araby news outlet reports.

According to the report, Israeli teams are consulting with Egyptian officials to resolve the matter.

Yesterday, Hamas only returned the bodies of four hostages, drawing accusations from Israel that the terror group was violating its commitment to the ceasefire deal.

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