Overview
- The Israeli army said remains delivered on Sunday via the Red Cross were identified as Asaf Hamami, Omer Neutra and Oz Daniel.
- Separate tests concluded that three bodies transferred on Friday were not among Israel’s missing hostages.
- With the latest identifications, Israel reports 20 deceased hostages have been returned and eight are still in Gaza.
- Transfers are conducted through the ICRC under the ceasefire advanced by President Donald Trump, with all returns sent to Israeli forensic labs for DNA matching.
- Israel accuses Hamas of slow or false handovers, while Hamas cites difficulties locating remains in rubble and tunnels and says it offered DNA cooperation; reciprocal returns of Palestinian bodies continue.