A Qassam Brigades militant stands guard as a crowd of Palestinians watches a vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carrying Israeli hostages leave the area south of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip to handover the released Israelis on October 13, 2025. Israel said that the last 20 living hostages released by Hamas on October 13 had arrived in the country. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel receives 4 coffins of deceased hostages, accusing Hamas of breaching agreement after pledging 28 deceased bodies

Israeli forces received the coffins of four deceased hostages from Hamas on Monday evening, according to officials. The remains were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which then transferred them to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the Kerem Shalom crossing.

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Demonstrators chant slogans and wave national flags during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on September 3, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Hamas group. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas Insinuates They Executed 6 Israeli Hostages, Remaining Could Be Killed If IDF Gets ‘Too Close’

The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas suggested on Monday that the six hostages recently found dead were deliberately executed because they were about to be rescued by Israeli forces, claiming that others could suffer the same fate as well if the IDF does not halt its efforts.

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