Overview

• Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades on Oct. 13 named four deceased hostages — Bipin Joshi, Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi and Daniel Peretz — and said their bodies would be handed over.
• Nepal’s ambassador to Israel said Joshi’s body was delivered to Israeli authorities late Monday, and an Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the return of four bodies.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross received 20 living hostages the same day under the ceasefire arrangement and transported them into Israel.
• Israeli authorities plan DNA testing on the returned remains before coordinating Joshi’s funeral and repatriation with Nepal’s embassy.
• Joshi, 22, was an agriculture student at Kibbutz Alumim and had been regarded as the only non‑Israeli Hindu hostage believed to be alive in Gaza, with the timing and cause of his death still unconfirmed.