The IDF will inspect the coffins before covering them with national flags. The remains will then be transferred for identification and to confirm whether they belong to murdered hostages, according to local media.
The army asked the press and the public act sensitively and wait for the official results, which will be communicated first to families. For its part, Hamas did not reveal the identity of the bodies delivered.
The Israeli authorities stressed that the Islamist group must comply with the entire agreement reached and return both the hostages alive and the deceased, “so that everyone can receive a dignified burial”.
Hamas sources They had anticipated to the AFP agency that between four and six bodies would be delivered as part of the recent ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States.
During the day, the army confirmed that the remains of four other hostages handed over on Monday had already been identified. In parallel, the Nasser hospital in Gaza reported that it received the bodies of 45 Palestinians returned by Israel within the framework of the same understanding, facilitated by US President Donald Trump.
The victims identified so far
Among the identified victims are Guy IluzIsraeli citizen; Bipin Joshistudent from Nepal; Yossi Sharabi and Daniel PeretzIsraeli army officer. Sharabi, 53, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Beeri, while Peretz, 22, died during the attack and his body was taken to Gaza.
The group Hostages and Missing Families Forum spread words of Nira SharabiYossi’s wife: “Now we can finally close the nightmare that began more than two years ago and give Yossi the dignified burial he deserves.”.
Source: Ambito
