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Returning hostage bodies from Gaza may take time, Red Cross says

Published October 14, 2025 Updated October 14, 2025 03:30pm
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GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday that it will take time to hand over the remains of hostages and detainees killed in the Israel-Hamas war, calling it a “massive challenge” given the difficulties of finding bodies amid Gaza’s rubble.

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“That’s an even bigger challenge than having the people alive being released. That’s a massive challenge,” said the ICRC’s spokesperson Christian Cardon, adding it could take days or weeks and that there was a possibility they were never found.