The remains of two deceased hostages were brought to the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir for identification, the Health Ministry confirmed early Thursday morning.
Israel received the remains from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) late Wednesday night, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
"The IDF requests to act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will first be provided to the families of the hostages," the military stated.
Remains of two hostages set to be returned
Hamas's al-Qassam Brigade has announced that it will release the remains of two deceased hostages on Wednesday evening, according to various reports, which contain conflicting information ranging from two to five bodies.
Professional teams in Egypt are currently discussing methods for locating the remaining 21 slain hostages, the officials stated.
Since Monday, Hamas has released the bodies of seven deceased hostages and one body that it claimed was a hostage but was revealed by the IDF to be an unknown Gazan.