Israel does not know the location of four of the remaining 13 bodies of hostages being held in Gaza, according to a report from the Kan public broadcaster.
Jerusalem has been trying to impress upon Washington the utmost importance of the return of the remaining bodies from the Strip, as the US has sent a series of high-level officials in the past week to the region to shore up the shaky ceasefire.
According to the report, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir tried to explain to visiting US Vice President JD Vance last week that Israel has spent years trying to locate the remains of Hadar Goldin, a soldier killed in 2014 whose body is one of the 13 that Israel is still waiting to recover.
Israeli officials have insisted that Hamas could easily return a number of the bodies it is currently holding, even as the terror group has claimed that it needs assistance in locating and recovering them.
Teams from the Red Cross and Egypt joined efforts today to dig and search for such remains.
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