Ruby and Hagit Chen express relief after their son’s body is returned from Gaza, but call for answers and accountability over Hamas’s October 7 attack The post ‘There is peace for the soul’: Parents of slain ex-hostage Itay Chen now ready to grieve appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Our personal journey may have reached its conclusion, but not the hostage families’ collective journey - we will NOT rest, will NOT stop, until the last hostage returns home”

Israel received the body of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen from Hamas via the Red Cross. Under a ceasefire, Hamas agreed to release Israeli hostages' remains. Tensions persist as Israel accused Hamas of delaying the process.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that the US “honors the life” of IDF Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, a dual US-Israeli citizen, after his remains were returned to Israel from Gaza last night.