Overview
- Israel said forensic authorities identified the remains as those of Amiram Kuper and Sahar Baruch, with families notified after the process was completed.
- Hamas handed the bodies to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which transferred them to the Israeli military and Shin Bet for identification procedures.
- Reporting differs on totals returned so far, with Le Parisien citing 17 of 28 bodies and TF1 listing 15, reflecting ongoing discrepancies in counts.
- Hamas attributes delays to the devastation in Gaza and the deaths or lost recollections of those who buried captives, while Israel has accused the group of staging a previous discovery.
- Egyptian-assisted search teams with heavy equipment have been allowed limited, closely supervised entry to locate remains under Israeli oversight.