Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three hostages from Hamas in Gaza, as part of the ongoing exchange of bodies under the ceasefire agreement.

The remains were handed over to Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip by the International Committee of the Red Cross and will be transferred to the national forensic institute in Tel Aviv for identification, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

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“Once the identification process is completed, an official notification will be delivered to the families,” the office said.

If confirmed, it would leave the bodies of eight hostages still in Gaza, out of 28 that Hamas was required to return to Israel under the truce, in exchange for the bodies of 360 Palestinian militants killed in the war.

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