Israel News Thurs Oct 30

 Day 755

-Bodies returned by Hamas identified as slain hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch Military representatives have notified the families of Amiram Cooper, 85, and Sahar Baruch, 25, that their bodies were returned to Israel by Hamas this afternoon.

Cooper was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and was killed in captivity, the IDF confirmed in June 2024.

Baruch was kidnapped by terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri during the onslaught and was killed during a failed IDF hostage rescue mission in December 2023.

-The Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in the center of the Gaza Strip, where coffins of fallen captives will be handed over to it.

- Hamas will hand over two bodies of hostages in the next few hours

 - A terrorist who was released in a hostage deal, a resident of Bethlehem, was arrested on suspicion of renewed involvement in the manufacture of explosive devices was planning to carry out a attack on kever Rochel this shabbos 

- IDF operation last night in the village of Blida in southern Lebanon, a town located about a kilometer from the border opposite Kibbutz Yiftach: An IDF force raided the city and reached the local municipality building. The force entered the building and eliminated Ibrahim Salameh. In footage published this morning from the scene, the municipality building can be seen with its windows riddled with gunfire from the IDF force.

- Following the IDF's activity last night in the village of Blida: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun ordered the army commander "to deal with any Israeli invasion, to protect Lebanese territory and the security of its citizens. The Monitoring Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement is not supposed to be satisfied with just recording the facts, but to act by exerting pressure on Israel and pushing it to commit to the November agreement and stop violating Lebanese sovereignty."

- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum demands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet immediately with the relatives of slain hostages still held by Hamas to give them an update on the efforts to return their loved ones’ remains from Gaza, saying their requests for a sit-down the past two weeks have been rebuffed.