GAZA STRIP — Israeli Defense Forces troops in the Gaza Strip received a casket containing the apparent body of a dead hostage from the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, military officials said.
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The Red Cross collected the casket from Hamas in Gaza City earlier in the day, according to the IDF.
The casket is set to undergo inspection by IDF personnel before being draped in an Israeli flag. A brief ceremony led by a military rabbi will follow.
The remains will then be transferred to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv for identification.
The casket containing the apparent remains of a dead hostage has been brought out of the Gaza Strip by troops, the military says.
The body is now escorted by the police to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process which officials have said may take up to two days.
Hamas did not provide the identity of the hostage it handed over.
If the body is confirmed to belong to a hostage, it would mean that the remains of seven hostages are still held in Gaza.
