The caskets containing the apparent remains of four slain hostages will soon be escorted out of the Gaza Strip by troops, the military says.
The IDF says the caskets will be taken to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, which officials have said may take up to two days.
Before being taken out of Gaza, the IDF says it is set to hold a small ceremony, led by a military rabbi, in their memory. The caskets will be draped in Israeli flags, and troops will salute and recite psalms.
The bodies were handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in southern Gaza earlier this evening. The Red Cross then brought the caskets to the IDF.
Hamas said earlier that it was returning the bodies of Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and IDF officer Cpt. Daniel Perez.
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