The Israel Defence Forces, IDF, on Thursday confirmed that the Red Cross received four caskets containing the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip. They bodies are being transferred to the IDF forces in the Palestinian enclave.

Red Cross vehicles have arrived at a site in the Gaza Strip where Hamas is to hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages. Thursday's handover is part of a

Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The Palestinian militant group had set up a stage at the handover site, where numerous cheering onlookers gathered alongside dozens of hooded and masked militants in uniform.