Israel confirmed Thursday night that two bodies delivered by the Hamas terrorist organization via the Red Cross were those of two dead Israeli hostages, Amiram Cooper, 85, and Sahar Baruch, 25.

In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said:

Following the completion of the identification process by the National Center of Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israel Police and the IDF Rabbinate, IDF representatives informed the families of fallen hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch, of blessed memory, that their loved ones have been returned to Israel and that their identification has been completed.

The Government of Israel shares in the deep sorrow of the Cooper and Sahar families and all the families of the fallen hostages.

The Government and the ent

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