Returning hostage bodies from Gaza may take time, Red Cross says

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees as Donald Trump declared an end to the war

International Red Cross vehicles arrive to transport the second batch of released Israeli hostages, south of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Picture: Bashar Taleb/Getty

It may take considerable time to hand over remains of hostages and Palestinians who died during the Israel-Hamas war, a "massive challenge" given the difficulties of finding bodies in Gaza's rubble, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

Palestinian militant group Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees as US president Donald Trump declared an end to the two-year war.