Israel confirms identities of two hostages’ remains returned by Hamas

Israel’s military on Thursday confirmed the identities of the remains of two more hostages returned by Hamas, the latest to be handed over as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the remains were those of Sahar Baruch and Amiram Cooper, who were both captured during the 7 October 2023 Hamas militant attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war.

“The government of Israel shares in the deep sorrow of the Cooper and Sahar families and all the families of the fallen hostages,” it said in a statement.

According to the Israeli military, the two sets of remains were given to the Red Cross in Gaza before being transported into Israel by troops and taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.

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