Hamas hands over Israel hostages in Gaza

In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said two coffins of deceased hostages had crossed into Israel, escorted by IDF troops, and were being taken to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine for



identification.

Later, the IDF confirmed that the bodies were identified as 85-year-old Aryeh Zalmanovich and 38-year-old Master Sergeant (Res.) Tamir Adar, both from Kibbutz Nir Oz Zalmanovich was abducted alive by Hamas and believed to have been killed in captivity in November 2023, while Adar, a deputy security coordinator, was killed defending the kibbutz on October 7, 2023.