Gaza, Israel and Hamas
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An Israeli hostage who was released in October has told an Israeli television channel he was subjected to sexual violence during his two-year captivity in Gaza by Palestinian militants -- the first male hostage to publicly make such an accusation.
Red Cross vehicles are now heading to a handover site in the southern Gaza Strip to collect the apparent remains of a deceased hostage from Hamas, the IDF says. Hamas said earlier
The set of remains handed over to Israel on Tuesday were those of Itay Chen, the final remaining American Israeli hostage, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said it will hand over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday evening as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.