The Israeli army receives the bodies of two prisoners in Gaza from the Red Cross.

The Israeli army announced on Thursday evening that it had received the bodies of two prisoners from the International Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.

The army stated in a brief announcement that "its forces received two coffins belonging to two detainees (prisoners) in Gaza, and they are on their way to the forensic institute."

Earlier on Thursday, the Red Cross received the bodies from Hamas, which always asserts that it seeks to "close the file" and needs time, advanced equipment, and heavy machinery to retrieve the remaining bodies.

This comes as part of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, which came into effect on October 10 of this year.

Thus, Hamas has released 20 living Israeli prisoners and the remains of 19 prisoners out of 28 since the start of the agreement, most of whom are Israelis, but Tel Aviv previously claimed that one of the received bodies does not match any of its prisoners.

Last Tuesday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated that it had managed to recover the bodies of the Israeli prisoners "Amiram Cooper" and "Saher Baruch" during the search operations that took place on the same day.