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Israel Says One Body Returned by Hamas Was Not a Hostage as Ceasefire Tensions Rise

Israel is limiting aid deliveries to press for the return of all deceased hostages.

A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles enter a warehouse allegedly to collect coffins containing the bodies of four deceased hostages, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)
A gunman wearing the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stands guard as Red Cross vehicles allegedly transporting coffins containing the bodies of four deceased hostages leave a warehouse for Israel, in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)
Vehicles transporting the bodies of four hostages handed over following a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza arrive at the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2025. The Israeli military said October 15, 2025 the Red Cross was on its way to collect the remains of several hostages held by Palestinian militant groups in Gaza. "The Red Cross is on its way to the meeting point in the southern Gaza Strip, where several coffins of deceased hostages will be transferred into their custody," it said in a statement (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
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Overview

  • Israeli authorities said forensic tests showed one of four bodies delivered Tuesday did not match any known hostage, while the other three were identified as Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levi.
  • Israel notified the United Nations it would cap aid to about 300 trucks a day and restrict fuel except for specific humanitarian needs, tying relief levels to further returns of remains.
  • Since the truce began, Hamas has returned eight bodies out of 28 deceased hostages, after releasing the last 20 living hostages; Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in the first-phase exchange.
  • Hamas and the International Committee of the Red Cross say locating remains is difficult because vast destruction hampers recovery and some bodies lie in areas under Israeli control.
  • Reports and footage show Hamas reasserting control in Gaza, including executions of alleged collaborators, as President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warn that disarmament is required to avoid a return to war.