Overview

• IDF and ISA units escorted four coffins transferred via the Red Cross at the Kerem Shalom crossing to the National Center of Forensic Medicine for identification.
• The ceasefire arrangement required Hamas to return 28 deceased hostages, and Israeli officials characterized the delivery of only four as a violation of the agreement.
• Hamas told intermediaries it cannot immediately locate or retrieve the other remains due to battlefield constraints, saying some bodies may have been moved or lie in contested areas.
• Hamas named the four as Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and IDF Capt. Daniel Perez, while the IDF said identities will be confirmed through forensic testing given a prior misidentification in a February handover.
• Negotiators are pressing to complete the transfers in the coming days as grieving families demand closure and Defense Minister Israel Katz warned of consequences for further noncompliance.