Searches for the remaining deceased hostages in Gaza resumed in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, an Israeli official told public broadcaster KAN News on Thursday.
The third-to-final hostage to return to Israeli territory was Dror Or, whose remains were identified at the National Center for Forensic Medicine on Wednesday.
Following Or’s return to Israel, the two deceased hostages who remain in Gaza are Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak and St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili.
The Red Cross has been working with Hamas and Gaza's other terror groups to locate the remains of deceased hostages inside the area under Israel's military control in Gaza.
The Israeli government had authorized Hamas members to enter territory under IDF control to join the Red Cross members.
Ongoing International Stabilization Force (ISF) discussions
Alongside the coordinated search for the remaining deceased hostages, discussions on establishing the International Stabilization Force (ISF), slated to deploy to Gaza, remain ongoing.
Talks are taking place both at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in Kiryat Gat and through direct contacts among the countries involved in the project.
“In practice, nothing has been finalized,” one official told the Jerusalem Post. The issue of the rules of engagement, including guidelines on the use of live-fire, also remains unsettled.
As a result, no country has yet formally committed to joining the force. “Some states have expressed interest, but the first official ‘yes’ has not yet been given,” a source said.