Overview
- The IDF confirmed a casket was handed to the ICRC in Gaza and is being transferred to Israeli forces.
- Hamas says the remains are those of Hadar Goldin, the Israeli soldier abducted in 2014 during a humanitarian pause.
- The October ceasefire requires Hamas to return 28 sets of remains, with five still in Gaza before this handover.
- Israeli media reported Hamas sought safe passage for dozens of militants in a tunnel located in an Israeli-controlled area of Gaza.
- IDF Chief of Staff Ejal Zamir said there was no deal and warned fighters must surrender or face force, while Hamas’s military wing rejected capitulation and called on international mediators to preserve the truce.