Although the IDF notified the family last year that Itay Chen had not survived, they clung to the hope that he may still be alive. Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen's remains were returned to Israel on Tuesday night.

Itay Chen a dual Israeli-US national, was working at the border with the Gaza Strip when Hamas and its allies launched their attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023

Israel on Tuesday received what Hamas said are the remains of another deceased hostage held in Gaza, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.

Israel's military says the remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel. Tuesday's handover is the latest sign of progress under the U.S.

Cooper's wife eulogizes him as a guy who wrote poems and whistled melodies, while Baruch's mother remembers her son as 'a traveler, chess player, kayaker, scholar, nerd'

Israel’s military says the ceasefire is back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory.