Convoy carrying bodies of captives from Gaza enters Israel, says military

The Israeli military said a convoy carrying the coffins of four captives, including what Hamas reported as the bodies of the Bibas family, entered Israel from Gaza on Thursday.

"A short while ago, IDF [Israeli army] and ISA [security agency] forces brought the coffins of the four deceased hostages over the border into Israel, and they are being taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine to undergo an identification procedure," the military said in a statement.

A small group of people have gathered outside the National Forensic Institute in central Israel, where the bodies of the four captives are set to arrive for identification, in support of the captives and their families, Haaretz reported.