Oct 13, 2025, 5:12 AM EDT
Palestinian prisoners en route to Gaza
Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons are now on their way to Gaza, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office.
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Trump hints at 'action' if Hamas doesn't return hostage bodies
The bodies of 13 deceased hostages are believed to still be in Gaza.
Last Updated: October 24, 2025, 10:52 AM EDT
U.S. officials -- including Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner -- traveled to Israel this week for high-level meetings, discussing the next steps in the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal by withholding the bodies of the remaining 13 deceased hostages thought to have died during or after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas has said the return of the remaining bodies "may take some time" due to the destruction.
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Oct 13, 2025, 5:11 AM EDT
The final 13 freed hostages are identified
The final 13 hostages who were handed over to the Red Cross on Monday have been identified by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.
The office identified them as: David and Ariel Kunio, Avinan Or, Elkana Buhbot, Rom Breslavsky, David Avitar, Eitan Horn, Maxim Harkin, Nimrod Cohen, Segev Kalfon, Matan Tsengauker, Yosef-Chaim Ohana and Bar Kuperstein.
"Their families have been informed by the authorized authorities that they have joined our forces in the Gaza Strip and will soon make their way to Israeli territory," the prime minister’s office said. "The Israeli government, the security establishment, the Coordinator of the National Repatriation Service and the Directorate of Abductees, Missing Persons and Returnees in the Prime Minister's Office will accompany them and their families throughout the entire absorption and rehabilitation process."
Oct 13, 2025, 4:40 AM EDT
13 remaining hostages transferred to Red Cross, IDF says
The 13 remaining hostages expected to be released on Monday were handed over to the Red Cross, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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The IDF and Shin Bet, the Israeli security service, were expected to help escort the 13 out of the Gaza Strip, the IDF said.
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Oct 13, 2025, 3:11 AM EDT
Family of Omri Miran releases statement
The family of Omri Miran, one of the seven Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Monday, has released a statement after he was handed over to IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.
"After more than 700 long, painful, and agonizing days, Omri will finally receive from Roni and Alma a healing embrace," Miran's family said. "We want to thank the people of Israel from the bottom of our hearts for standing by us in the darkest hours and on days when this moment seemed like a distant and impossible wish. This moment, today, is not a personal victory but a victory of an entire people."
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"We also want to express our deep gratitude to the security forces and the heroic IDF soldiers. We are at the beginning of a complex and challenging, yet moving, journey of recovery," the statement continued. "We remain committed to the struggle -- until the last hostage returns, and until the complete recovery of our beloved country. May Omri's return mark the beginning of this recovery and the unity of our people."
