The bodies of three individuals transferred from Hamas to Israel via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday night were found not to be those of Israeli captives, according to local media reports on Saturday.
Israel's public broadcaster KAN, citing an unnamed Israeli source, said the remains "do not belong to any of the Israeli abductees."
Army Radio confirmed that none of the remains "belonged to any of the hostages."
The Red Cross transferred on Friday the remains of the three bodies to the National Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv for examination.
No details were provided about the circumstances or conditions under which the handover took place.
