An Israeli official noted that the move came in full coordination with the Trump administration.
The family said it had identified Cohen, whose face is blurred, via a tattoo that appeared on his arm.
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"I still can't process that I'm here and there are still people who haven't returned," former hostage Alexander Sasha Troufanov said.
The Israeli delegation in Cairo will return from Cairo on Friday night, as they were trying to reach a deal to extend the first phase of the deal for an additional 42 days.
The IDF was supposed to reduce its presence on the Philadelphi Corridor and then withdraw from it completely over the course of the first 50 days.
Hamas’s armed wing has appointed new commanders and also begun repairing its underground tunnel network in preparation for the possibility of returning to war with Israel.
Ohad Yahalomi sealed his family in a safe room and stayed outside to guard them with only a handgun on October 7.
“Only after definitive identification of the fallen will all Palestinian terrorists set to be freed in this phase be released," an Israeli official told KAN.
Sources estimate that, despite the lack of agreement and cohesion on the next steps, the ceasefire will continue, not collapse.
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