The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which has been facilitating exchanges under the deal, said Hamas handed over the bodies of two deceased Israeli hostages on Wednesday night. As part of the agreement,

Hamas hastened Tuesday to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages after an Israeli military agency said it would slash aid deliveries to Gaza by half over concerns that the militant group was handing over remains slower than agreed.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday traveled to Israel and Egypt to celebrate the beginning of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, along with the return of the 20 remaining living host

The UN is urging Israel to open more crossings to allow further aid into Gaza. Israel says it will restrict the levels of aid unless Hamas hands over the remaining hostage bodies.

Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”

Israeli officials and hostage families said that Hamas’s failure to immediately return the remains of slain hostages was a breach of the cease-fire agreement that took hold on Friday. Hamas returned four of the roughly two dozen bodies believed to still be in Gaza as part of Monday’s hostage and prisoner exchange.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office has confirmed that authorities received the remains of four more dead hostages