Israeli forces said they resumed the Gaza ceasefire after strikes on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Hamas to act faster in returning the bodies of deceased hostages amid a delicate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal by withholding the bodies of the remaining 13 deceased hostages thought to have died during or after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Hamas has said the return of the remaining bodies "may take some time" due to the destruction wrought in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday instructed the country's military to "carry out powerful strikes in Gaza," a statement from his office said, in response to alleged ceasefire violations by Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday they had resumed the ceasefire.
Israeli forces are now in possession of two coffins transferred to them from the Red Cross, the Israeli prime minister’s office said in a release Thursday.
The coffins will be taken to Israel and will be examined by the Israeli Ministry of Health’s National Center for Forensic Medicine for identification, it noted.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
Two coffins have been transferred to the Red Cross inside Gaza and are on their way to be transferred to Israel Defense Forces’ custody, the IDF and the Israeli Security Agency said in a joint statement on Thursday.
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Israeli forces struck 30 "terrorist targets" in Gaza from Tuesday into Wednesday before announcing the ceasefire was back in effect, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
The IDF conducted strikes in Khan Younis and in northern Gaza, it noted in separate statements.
At least 91 Palestinians were killed in these strikes across Gaza, according to Gaza Civil Defense.
The IDF also announced that one of its reservist soldiers was killed in an attack in Rafah on Tuesday. Israel cited the killing as one of the reasons why it conducted strikes on Gaza on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hamas denied involvement with the killing of the soldier.
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The Israel Defense Forces said in a Wednesday morning statement that it had resumed adherence to the ceasefire in Gaza "following a series of significant strikes in which dozens of terror targets and terrorists were attacked."
"The IDF will continue to enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation," the statement said.
The Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said that at least 91 Palestinians were killed in the renewed strikes across Gaza.
The bombardment came after one Israeli soldier was killed in an attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday. Hamas denied involvement in the incident.
