TEL AVIV, Israel -- Hamas hastened Tuesday to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages after an Israeli military agency said it would slash aid deliveries to Gaza by half over concerns that the militant group was handing remains slower than agreed.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said late Tuesday that it handed over to Israeli authorities four deceased hostages "in line with the ceasefire agreement." This latest transfer comes a day after Israel received the remains of another four hostages.

The United Nations' humanitarian office in famine-stricken Gaza received word of the humanitarian aid cuts from the Israeli military agency in charge of transferring aid to the territory, according to spokesperson Olg

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