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floated the idea of freeing them if they agree to disarm and in exchange for Goldin's body.
As for an international security force, Turkey has been involved in talks, but an Israeli government spokesperson says there will be no Turkish boots on the ground.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
This was Mohammed Ibrahim's 10th hearing in an Israeli military court.
His father, Zahar Ibrahim, says it adjourned without a plea bargain or trial date.
The Ibrahims are Palestinian-American.
They split their time between the Tampa area and the occupied West Bank, where Israeli soldiers took Mohammed from his bed last February.
In Israeli prison, he's not allowed family visits nor phone calls.
Court documents show he faces up to 20 years for stone-throwing under security rules imposed after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
Members of Congress have called for his release in a letter that says he may have, quote, signs of torture.
The State Department says the U.S.
ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is deeply involved in this case.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The Israeli prime minister's office says forensic tests show the latest body returned to Israel is that of a retired Israeli military officer.
An Israeli hostage forum says Lior Rudeif was a 61-year-old volunteer ambulance driver who was killed on October 7, 2023, after a fierce battle with Hamas-led militants at the gates of the kibbutz where he lived in southern Israel.
In exchange, the Gaza Health Ministry says it's received the bodies of 15 Palestinians held by Israel, but their names are not yet known.
The ministry says only about a third of the total number of Palestinian bodies returned under this ceasefire have been identified, amid a shortage of DNA tests in Gaza.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The Israeli prime minister's office says forensic tests show the latest body returned to Israel is that of a retired Israeli military officer.
An Israeli hostage forum says Lior Rudeyev was a 61-year-old volunteer ambulance driver who was killed on October 7, 2023, after a fierce battle with Hamas-led militants at the gates of the kibbutz where he lived in southern Israel.