Israel Hopes Hamas Fulfills Obligations And Repeats All Hostages

The Israeli military saluted the four coffins of the hostages. (Source: IDF)

JAKARTA - Israel hopes the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, will repatriate the remaining hostages to Israel, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

As part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal reached last week, Hama will release hostages, both alive and dead, while Israel will release Palestinian prisoners from prison.

"Hamas is required to fulfill its commitment to mediators and repatriate all of our hostages as part of the implementation of this agreement," an Israeli government spokesman told a news conference.

"We will not compromise on this, and we will try our best until our hostages return, all of them," he said.

It is known, Hamas has released all the surviving hostages and the bodies of four hostages on Monday.

Tuesday night Hamas returned to return four bodies through red bars. The Israeli military confirmed three of them were hostages, while one more body was not a hostage. So that there are still 21 hostages' bodies that have not been returned.

Israeli Chief of Staff Defense Forces (IDF) Lieutenant General Eyal Zami said the military "will not rest until we return all (hosts).

Lieutenant General Zamir said returning all hostages was our moral, national and religious duty.

"Coordinating with political echelons, we will insist and uphold in enforcing all agreements," Lieutenant General Zamir said in a ceremony handing over the position of head of the Northern Corps.