Hamas handed over the corpses of four murdered Israeli hostages; "War criminal Netanyahu..."

The bodies were previously handed over to the Red Cross by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A short military ceremony will be held at the place of surrender, and the bodies will then be taken to Israel for identification.

During the handing over of the bodies, various banners could be seen, including a banner depicting a Palestinian with a Palestinian keffiyeh and feet rooted in the land of Gaza, with various military tanks and fighter jets in front of him, and Israeli coffins behind him, Al Jazeera reported.

Another banner read "War criminal Netanyahu and his Nazi army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes."

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced earlier today that the bodies of the mother and her two children - Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, as well as Oded Lifshitz - will be handed over to the Israeli army, The Times of Israel reported.

A Hamas spokesman said four hostages were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

A Hamas official said the group was ready to release all remaining hostages at the same time during the second phase of the truce with Israel.

Earlier this week, Hamas announced that it would hand over the bodies of Shiri Bibas (32) and her two children - four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir, who were of that age when they were kidnapped.

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The children's father, Jarden, was kidnapped separately and released on February 1.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad held 83-year-old Oded Lifshitz.

His wife, Yocheved, was kidnapped separately that day and released by Hamas 16 days later.

Lifshitz was a journalist and passionate defender of human rights.