Via the Red Cross…the occupation receives the bodies of 4 hostages who were being held in Gaza
Army received The Israeli occupation from Hamas via Red Cross, the bodies of 4 Israeli hostages who were held in Gaza.
Agence France-Presse reported that the bodies arrived in 4 coffins on Monday night to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
The occupation army said in a statement: "Identification procedures will begin"
Hamas is holding the bodies of 24 other hostages.
The movement agreed to hand over the remains to Israel as part of a ceasefire agreement reached with American mediation, which entered into force on Friday.
47 hostages, living and dead.
Most of the hostages were released as part of two previous truces that were reached during The war.
Before the exchange began on Monday, Hamas was holding 47 living and deceased hostages who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, in addition to the remains of a soldier who was killed in 2014 during a previous war in Gaza.
The release of the hostages comes within the framework of a ceasefire agreement that stipulates in return that the occupation will release Palestinian detainees.
The release of 1,968 Palestinian detainees
Announced Israel said it released 1,968 Palestinian detainees on Monday in exchange for the release of the last 20 hostages who were still alive Hamas is detaining them in the Gaza Strip.
An official statement indicated that "The Israeli prison authorities released the prisoners in accordance with the The return of the hostages" This is within the framework of the ceasefire that was reached between Israel and Hamas.
The statement pointed out that in total "1,968 prisoners were released from Ofer Military Prison to the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, and from Katziot Prison to Kerem Shalom."In reference to the Kerem Shalom crossing.
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