- Israel is in the process of releasing more than 600 Palestinian prisoners after Hamas handed over four bodies-BBC
Israel is still carrying out DNA tests on the bodies to confirm their identities but Hamas says they are Shlomo Mansour, 86, Ohad Yahalomi, 50, Tsachi Idan, 50, and Itzik Elgarat, 69 – they were all taken during the 7 October 2023 attack
It is the final exchange of the first phase of the ceasefire deal, which is due to end on Saturday
Israel had been due to release the 600 Palestinian prisoners at the weekend, but delayed it in protest at what it said were “humiliating” hostage handover ceremonies
Hamas agreed to hand over the bodies tonight without any ceremony, Israel says