Hamas transferred the remains to the Red Cross in Gaza, after which the IDF brought them to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for confirmatory testing.

The body of Shiri Bibas, one of the hostages from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, was returned to Israel on Friday, and she was identified by the Institute of Forensic Medicine.

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day.