Overview
- Israeli authorities named Omer Neutra, Oz Daniel and Asaf Hamami as the three hostages whose remains were returned and identified on November 3.
- On November 4, the ICRC transferred another coffin from Gaza to Israeli forces for testing, which if confirmed would lower the number of unrecovered Israeli bodies still in Gaza to roughly seven.
- Officials say the latest body was recovered in the Shujaiya area inside the so‑called Yellow Line, with the ICRC facilitating the handoff under the U.S.-mediated ceasefire framework.
- All remains are routed to Israel’s Abu Kabir National Center for Forensic Medicine for DNA and other analysis prior to any family notification.
- The exchange process continues to face setbacks, including a prior batch of three bodies that were not hostages and was returned to Gaza, while Israel has been returning Palestinian remains at a 15-to-1 ratio and Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 270 bodies received with fewer than half identified due to limited DNA capacity.