The Israeli Prime Minister’s office Benjamin Netanyahu He confirmed in the early hours of the morning today that the remains of four Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip were received by the Israeli authorities, as part of the first phase of the Palestinian encounter in the Palestinian enclave, adding that the process was now began.

“Israel received the coffins of four deceased hostages from the intermediate of the Red Cross”he said the office of the head of the Israeli government. “The coffins were transported, by Egyptian mediation, to a unit (of the army) at the Kerrem Salom crossing point. The preliminary identification process has now begun on Israeli territory »he added.

A security officer of the security forces Israel stated earlier (in the early morning hours) today that the Hamas handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (DES) the corpses of four Israeli hostages abducted during the October 723 raid and were held in the Gauze stripin the context of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.

A man lights candles and shows photos of the four dead Israeli hostages delivered to the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, outside the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel, while awaiting their arrival and identification.

“The four corpses were delivered a while ago to the Red Cross by Hamas”said the source of the French Agency.

“The four bodies were delivered a while ago and we are waiting for the release of Palestinian prisoners”said on the part of the AFP source in Hamas, referring to release of 620 Palestinian enclosures in Israeli detention centers postponed on Saturday.