Overview
- Israeli forensic authorities identified the body handed over via the International Committee of the Red Cross as Meny (Meni) Godard, 73, who was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2023.
- Following this identification, three deceased hostages remain in Gaza: Israelis Ran Gvili and Dror Or, and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.
- The exchange is part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in which Hamas returns hostage remains and Israel transfers Palestinian bodies, with reporting citing a 15-for-1 formula in some handovers.
- The IDF reports repeated truce breaches since Oct. 10, including six incidents between Nov. 7–12 involving militants crossing the Yellow Line and lethal engagements.
- Talks on moving to the agreement’s next phase remain stalled, including unresolved proposals concerning roughly 200 Hamas operatives in Rafah tunnels that no country has agreed to receive.