The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has handed over two more bodies of presumed Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The bodies are on their way to be transferred to the military, the Israeli military said late on Saturday.

A forensic institute in Tel Aviv will then determine the identities of the remains.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages.

Netanyahu's statement came shortly after the Palestinian embassy in Egypt announced that the Rafah crossing, the main gateway for Gazans to leave and enter the enclave, would reopen on Monday for entry into Gaza.

Hamas, in a

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