The Red Cross is transporting the remains while Israel and Hamas trade blame over repeated violations of the shaky Gaza truce.

Israel has received the bodies of three more captives from Hamas and taken them to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine to be examined and identified.

The bodies of 8 hostages are now thought to remain in Gaza. The bodies of three Israel Defense Forces soldiers -- including American-Israeli Omer Neutra -- were returned to Israel by Hamas overnight on Sunday.

Hamas handed over bodies of three hostages on Sunday (November 2), even as the Palestinian militant group traded blame with Israel for violations of the tenuous truce that has mostly halted two years of war.

Israel said on Monday the remains of three hostages returned from Gaza the previous night belong to soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war. The positive identification marked another step forward for the tenuous,

Israel on Sunday received the bodies of three more deceased hostages held in Gaza. The remains were transferred to Israel via the Red Cross and taken to the country’s national forensics laboratory for identification.

The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The bodies of 8 hostages are now thought to remain in Gaza. The bodies of three Israel Defense Forces soldiers -- including American-Israeli Omer Neutra -- were returned to Israel by Hamas overnight on Sunday.