{"id":90236,"date":"2025-10-31T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=90236"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:33:01","slug":"israel-hands-over-30-bodies-after-receiving-remains-of-two-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/israel-hands-over-30-bodies-after-receiving-remains-of-two-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel hands over 30 bodies after receiving remains of two hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta-str\"><span class=\"light-weight-content\">(<em>JNS.org<\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"light-weight-content\">) \u2013&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>Israel returned the bodies of 30 Gazans on Friday after Hamas handed over the bodies of two Israeli hostages on Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_90237\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90237\" class=\"wp-image-90237 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90237\" class=\"wp-image-90237 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F250220ARK63-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-90237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamas terrorists release the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib\/Flash90.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, which, like all medical, educational and civilian sites in Gaza,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/at-nasser-hospital-in-khan-yunis-idf-achieves-war-goals-with-precision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">served&nbsp;<\/a>as a Hamas military hub, said it received the bodies through the International Committee of the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exchange is the latest indication that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/trump-backs-israels-response-after-soldier-killed-in-rafah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deal<\/a>&nbsp;is advancing. The Israeli military said on Wednesday that the National Institute of Forensic Medicine had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-says-it-identified-bodies-of-amiram-cooper-sahar-baruch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identified&nbsp;<\/a>the returned remains of the two Israelis as Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch and notified relatives that the bodies were returned for burial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cooper, who Hamas terrorists kidnapped alive from Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he lived, on Oct. 7, 2023, was killed in captivity at age 84. He leaves behind a wife, four children and 11 grandchildren, the Israel Defense Forces said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baruch was abducted alive from his home in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas terrorists killed him in captivity on Dec. 8, 2023. He was 25. Baruch leaves behind parents and two brothers, the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe IDF expresses deep condolences to the families, continues to make every effort to return all the deceased hostages and is prepared for the continued implementation of the agreement,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHamas is required to fulfill its part of the agreement and make the necessary efforts to return all the hostages to their families and to a dignified burial,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Israel%20hands%20over%2030%20bodies%20after%20receiving%20remains%20of%20two%20hostages\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[40,491,8781,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90238,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90236\/revisions\/90238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}