IDF announces transfer of deceased Israeli hostage remains through Red Cross

The remains of an Israeli hostage person been transferred to Red Cross custody and volition soon beryllium turned implicit to the Israel Defense Forces successful the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced Tuesday.

"The Red Cross is connected its mode to the gathering constituent successful the cardinal Gaza Strip, wherever a coffin of a deceased hostage volition beryllium transferred into its custody," the IDF said successful a statement.

"The IDF requests that the nationalist enactment with sensitivity and hold for the authoritative identification, which volition archetypal beryllium provided to the families," the connection continued.

"Hamas is required to uphold the statement and instrumentality the indispensable steps to instrumentality each the deceased hostages," the IDF noted.

HAMAS HANDS OVER ANOTHER ISRAELI HOSTAGE'S REMAINS AS GAZA CEASEFIRE EXCHANGES CONTINUE

The Red Cross is trusted to transportation the remains of Israeli hostages from Hamas to IDF custody. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

It is inactive chartless whose remains Israel volition beryllium receiving. Prior to Tuesday, determination were 3 deceased hostages known to inactive beryllium successful Hamas custody: Ran Gvili, 24, Dror Or, 48, and Sudthisak Rinthalak, 43.

Gvili served successful an elite constabulary portion and was recovering from a motorcycle wounded connected Oct. 7, 2023. He nevertheless rushed to respond to the onslaught and helped radical flight from the Nova euphony festival. He was aboriginal killed warring astatine different determination and his assemblage was taken to Gaza.

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President Donald Trump is seen gathering with freed Israeli hostages astatine the White House past week.  (Margo Martin; Fox News)

Or was a begetter of 3 who was killed on with his wife, Yonat Or, portion protecting 2 of their children connected Oct. 7. The 2 children, Noam, who was past 16, and Alma, past 13, were abducted and past released during the November 2023 ceasefire.

Rinthalak was a Thai idiosyncratic employed astatine a kibbutz that came nether onslaught connected Oct. 7. He is 1 of 31 Thai workers who were kidnapped connected Oct. 7. The Thai authorities says astatine slightest 46 of its citizens were killed during the people of the warfare successful Gaza.

The latest merchandise comes little than a week aft President Donald Trump met with 17 surviving Israeli hostages and their loved ones astatine the White House.

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Trump gave each of the 17 survivors a Presidential Challenge Coin.

"You’re not a hostage anymore, contiguous you’re heroes," Trump said. "We emotion you all, and our state loves you all. You’re astonishing people." 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.