Overview
- Israeli authorities said forensic teams identified the remains of Lior Rudaeff and notified his family after the body's return.
- Hamas’s Qassam Brigades and Islamic Jihad’s Saraya al-Quds had said the ICRC would receive another body around 21:00 local time on November 7.
- Israel now counts 23 of the 28 captives’ bodies returned and identified under the exchange framework.
- The exchanges proceed under a ceasefire that took effect on October 10 as part of a first-stage plan brokered by Egypt, Qatar, the United States and Turkey.
- The ICRC serves as the neutral intermediary for the handovers and coordinates with medical teams for receipt and verification.