A convoy of Red Cross vehicles is now heading to a handover site in the southern Gaza Strip to collect the bodies of four hostages from Hamas, the IDF says.
The Red Cross will bring the caskets to IDF troops inside Gaza, where a small ceremony, led by a military rabbi, will be held in their memory. The caskets will also be examined by sappers “for security purposes,” according to the military.
The caskets with civilian hostages will then be taken to the Abu Kabir forensic institute for identification, while the bodies of slain soldiers will be taken to the IDF’s Shura Camp.
The identification process may take up to two days, according to officials.
Hamas said a short while ago that it would return the bodies of slain hostages Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi and IDF officer Cpt. Daniel Perez today.
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