Tensions rise as Israel says body released by Hamas was not that of a hostage

People watch as the convoy carrying the coffin of slain hostage Guy Illouz makes its way to his funeral in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. Illouz’s body was returned from Gaza to Israel as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas (Oded Balilty/AP)

The Israeli military said that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a hostage who was held in Gaza, adding to tensions over the fragile truce in the two-year war.

Gaza’s health ministry said it received 45 additional bodies of Palestinians from Israel.