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I'm Tim Franks.
For two hours today, behind rain spattered windscreens, a convoy of white police vehicles wound steadily northwards through Israel.
Their journey had begun at the crossing point from the south of the Gaza Strip.
That was where Hamas had handed over to the Red Cross who then handed on to the Israelis four coffins.
It's believed that the bodies are of four hostages who were abducted from the kibbutz in southern Israel where they'd lived until the 7th of October 2023.
The four are thought to be 32 year old Shiri Bibas, her two children, 4 year old Ariel and 9 month old Kfir, along with the 84 year old Peace activist Oded Lifschitz.
In fact, just as we were coming on air, it was reported that the Lifschitz family have now had confirmation that his remains are in one of the coffins.
The return of the bodies is the next phase of the current ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.