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Remains of more Israeli hostages handed over by Hamas but 1 body "does not match any of the hostages," IDF says

More remains of Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas on Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at keeping peace in Gaza, Israeli authorities said.

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Hamas needs more time to recover hostages' remains, U.S. advisers say

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Israel’s last living hostages describe trauma of Hamas captivity

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Aid trucks arrive in Gaza as Hamas returns more bodies of hostages

The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza.

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Hamas says committed to Gaza truce and returning hostage remains

Hamas says it has also handed back all the bodies of deceased captives it can access but the bodies of 19 more are still unaccounted for and believed to be buried under the ruins alongside an untold n...

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October 16, 2025 – Gaza ceasefire news

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Israel receives remains of two more hostages as Hamas says time needed to reach others

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Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire as delays in returning hostages’ bodies fray nerves

Hamas has moved to shore up its brittle ceasefire agreement with Israel by reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the deal that includes a pledge to hand over the remains of all dead Israeli hostages.

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Who are the 20 hostages who were released by Hamas?

The 20 surviving hostages were released “after 738 agonizing days in captivity,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.

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Who are the hostages released by Hamas as part of ceasefire agreement?

WASHINGTON – Hamas has released 20 hostages held in Gaza after 738 days in captivity. The hostages were freed on Monday, Oct. 13, as part of a ceasefire brokered by the United States.

Hamas releases final hostages as Donald Trump hails ‘historic dawn’ in Middle East

Hamas released the final 20 living hostages it held in Gaza in return for the freeing of nearly 2,000 Palestinians from Israeli prisons, in a landmark exchange that forms a crucial part of US President Donald Trump’s push to end the two-year war in the Palestinian enclave.

Israel-Hamas: Families wait for hostage release as aid agencies prepare to deliver relief

Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.