Palestinian armed groups on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) team in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) received on Wednesday evening the bodies of four Israeli hostages in

Israeli forces are supposed to begin withdrawing from the Philadelphi Corridor, a sensitive border zone between Gaza and Egypt, this weekend.

Al-Qassam Brigades handed over the bodies to the ICRC team, and the team will deliver them to the Israeli army through Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, the source said.

Gaza residents hope the second phase of the ceasefire deal will be implemented as early as possible after witnessing the handover of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas on Saturday. A total of six Israeli hostages were handed over to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in three locations in Gaza on Saturday -- the southern city of Rafah,

The 15-month war against Hamas in Gaza was triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel in which Gazans killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250 others to the Strip, in the worst single-day attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Gaza’s government media office accuses the Red Cross of treating Palestinian and Israeli prisoners’ bodies differently.

Mourners are burying the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel.

GAZA - A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday morning to receive the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including the Bibas family, from Hamas and other Palestinian factions' fighters.

U.S. Senate leaders condemn the participation of the Red Cross in the public displays orchestrated by the terrorist organization.