WNAM MONITORING: Israel said Tuesday that it received the bodies of four hostages from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inside the Gaza Strip, according to media reports.
Four coffins of the dead hostages were transferred to the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip from the Red Cross, Israel’s official broadcaster KAN reported.
The army said earlier that the ICRC received the remains of four Israeli hostages in Gaza and is transferring them to Israeli forces.
“According to information provided by the Red Cross, four coffins of deceased hostages have been transferred into their custody and are on their way to IDF (army) and ISA (security agency) forces in the Gaza Strip,” the army said in a statement.
The army previously said that the ICRC was on its way to a designated location in northern Gaza to receive the bodies of several hostages.
There has been no official confirmation from Hamas on the development.
The Palestinian group handed over the remains of four Israeli captives on Monday under a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Hamas released 20 living Israeli hostages early Monday in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a plan he laid out Sept. 29 to bring a ceasefire to Gaza, release all Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the entire Gaza Strip. The first phase of the deal came into force on Friday.
