Hamas handed over two bodies it said were of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of Israeli strikes which killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, in the war-ravaged territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that Israeli forces received the two bodies via the Red Cross in Gaza and will be transported into Israel for identification.

Under the ceasefire accord, Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages held in Gaza in return for the release of nearly 250 Palestinians that Israel convicted or suspected of security crimes, as well as 1,700 adults and 22 minors that it detained during the war and held without charges.

Hamas also agreed to hand over the remains of all 28 de

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