Overview
- The Israeli army said forensic authorities identified the body received Friday via the ICRC as Israeli-Argentine national Lior Rudaeff.
- Following the identification, Israel transferred 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza through the Red Cross, with Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis reporting their arrival.
- Israeli officials say five sets of remains still await return under the ceasefire terms, involving four Israelis and one Thai national.
- Hamas had said the coffin handed to the ICRC was found in Khan Younis before it was moved into Israel for autopsy at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv.
- The truce that began on October 10 also saw Hamas release 20 surviving hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, with 23 of 28 sets of remains now repatriated.