Overview
- Hamas transferred one hostage’s body to Israel via the Red Cross, and Israeli officials say it is believed to be a soldier killed in 2014.
- Israeli authorities voiced dissatisfaction because the cease-fire’s first phase called for 48 people, including remains, to be handed over by the October 13 deadline, with identification of the latest remains still pending.
- Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Fumino Kunimitsu retracted an X post about Diet question-notice timing, acknowledged a factual error, and apologized after a caution from Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.
- Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana on suspicion of defamation; party lawmaker Saito apologized and said the group intends to keep its Upper House caucus link with the LDP, as the prime minister declined comment.
- Tokyo police arrested a woman in her 30s and her common-law husband in his 20s on suspicion of abandoning a child by withholding adequate food, and a Co-op Sapporo store evacuated about 100 people after an outdoor AC unit fire with no injuries before reopening around noon.