Israel says the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the hostages.

Among the 8 deceased Israeli hostages whose remains are yet to be returned from Gaza is soldier and U.S. citizen Itay Chen.

Israel has received the bodies of three more captives from Hamas and taken them to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine to be examined and identified.

The central role that the Americans see for Turkey in advancing Trump’s peace plan, however, has left Israeli officials aghast. They consider Turkey to be too closely aligned with Islamist groups hostile to Israel and see it as a main competitor for influence across the Middle East.

The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The transfer had initially been delayed by Hamas in response to "powerful strikes" on Gaza earlier in the week

The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed, the Israeli military said in a statement late on Thursday, Oct.

The practice of withholding the dead lives on both sides of the Israeli-Hamas war, a cruel bargaining tactic not exclusive to this latest Gaza conflict.