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\"\"<\/a>Hamas returns bodies of three Israeli hostages; fourth corpse not a captive<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Charles Bybelezer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The IDF urged the public to act with sensitivity and to await official identification. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Israel Defense Forces soldiers receive coffins reportedly containing the bodies of four deceased hostages, Oct. 14, 2025. Credit: IDF.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hamas terror group on Tuesday night transferred the bodies of three hostages to Israel, along with the remains of an unidentified fourth individual, amid growing pressure over its failure to return all 28 deceased captives as required under the Trump administration-brokered ceasefire agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel by Hamas does not match any of the hostages,\u201d the IDF said on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHamas is required to make all necessary efforts to return the deceased hostages,\u201d added the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Feb. 20, 2025, Hamas transferred to Israel a body it claimed was that of murdered hostage Shiri Bibas<\/a>, but Israeli authorities soon determined it was a Palestinian from Gaza. Bibas\u2019s actual remains were later returned to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier Wednesday, the families of Uriel Baruch, 35, who was abducted from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, and Tamir Nimrodi<\/a>, 18, a soldier kidnapped from his base near the Erez Crossing during the Hamas-led massacre, confirmed their bodies had been identified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nimrodi\u2019s death brings the number of fatalities among Israeli troops to 916<\/a> on all fronts since the Oct. 7 terror invasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum subsequently announced that one of the bodies handed over was that of Eitan Levi, 53. Levi, a taxi driver, was murdered in southern Israel during the Oct. 7 attacks, and his body was also taken to Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll the families of the hostages have been updated accordingly, and our hearts are with them in this difficult hour. The effort to return our hostages is ongoing and will not cease until the last hostage is returned,\u201d the Prime Minister\u2019s Office in Jerusalem said in a statement on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities late Tuesday confirmed that the bodies received<\/a> the previous day from Hamas were those of Guy Illuz, Yossi Sharabi, IDF Capt. Daniel Peretz and Nepalese agricultural student Bipin Joshi.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government and the entire establishment for the return of captives and missing of the State of Israel are determined, committed and working tirelessly to return all of our deceased hostages for proper burial in their country,\u201d Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hamas terrorist organization is required to uphold its commitments to the mediators and return the fallen as part of the agreement\u2019s implementation,\u201d he added. \u201cWe will not compromise on this and we will spare no effort until we return all of the hostages, until the last one. May their memories be a blessing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

President Isaac Herzog emphasized the Palestinian terrorist group\u2019s \u201cobligation to fulfill its commitment and return all the hostages,\u201d while paying tribute to the seven deceased captives returned to Israel since Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe as a nation bear a moral obligation to bring back all of our fallen who remain in Gaza. Every one of them, until the last,\u201d Herzog wrote on X.<\/span><\/p>\n