Israel has received two bodies that Hamas says are two more deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military said two coffins were handed over to troops in the Palestinian territory by the Red Cross, which had earlier received them from Hamas. <\/p>\n
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the coffins – which were escorted by the military – had crossed into Israel and will be taken to be formally identified in Tel Aviv. <\/p>\n
Confirmation of their identies would mean that Hamas has transferred 15 out of 28 deceased Israeli hostages under the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire deal earlier this month. All 20 living hostages were released shortly after the agreement was reached.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Hamas has handed over a Palestinian body in a previous hostage transfers, which it said was accidental due to difficulties locating the bodies.<\/p>\n
The IDF urged the Israeli public on Tuesday evening to “act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will first be provided to the families of the hostages”.<\/p>\n
It also stressed that “Hamas is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the deceased hostages”.<\/p>\n
Israeli officials said the families of the hostages will be notified once the bodies are identified.<\/p>\n
There has been outrage in Israel that Hamas has not yet returned all the deceased hostages. <\/p>\n
The Palestinian group says it is trying to do this but that it faces difficulty finding bodies under rubble of buildings bombed out by the IDF in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Under the ceasefire and hostage release agreement, Israel has freed 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza, and returned 15 bodies of Palestinians for every Israeli hostage’s remains.<\/p>\n
The first phase of the agreement has also seen an increase of aid into Gaza, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces, and a halt in fighting – though deadly violence flared up over the weekend as both sides accused one another of breaching the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n
The IDF launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 others hostage.<\/p>\n
More than 68,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are seen by the UN as reliable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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