Israel Receives Hostage Remains
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The remains of two hostages are also thought to still be in Gaza.
The Red Cross and members of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades were searching for the body of an Israeli hostage believed to still be under the rubble in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, on Monday.Video here, filmed by Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Abusalama,
Officials from Hamas and Islamic Jihad told AFP the two Palestinian militant groups would send to Israel a sample from a body recovered in the Gaza Strip.
The two remaining deceased hostages are an Israeli police officer and Thai national. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
The parents of Ran Gvili, one of the two remaining slain hostages still held in Gaza, urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stall the next phase of the US-brokered peace deal with Hamas — until their son’s body is brought home.
Itzik Gvili, father of the last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, stands with his family during a rally at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, November 29, 2025. (Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line)
Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel and his wife, Aviva Siegel, spoke about their time as hostages during Hamas's attack and its war with Israel in the wake of the attack.