Israel Receives Missing Hostage's Coffin from Hamas
Israel received the coffin of a missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
The Israeli military and security forces received the coffin inside the Gaza Strip and will transfer it to Israel and the Ministry of Health's National Center for Forensic Medicine for formal identification.
The remains were that of an "occupation prisoner,"
an allusion to an Israeli hostage, as stated by the Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing.
After identification, the family will be informed.