Gaza city: The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced this evening that it will hand over the bodies of three Israeli prisoners to the Israeli army. The bodies were found in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, among the bodies to be handed over is that of Assaf Hamami, commander of the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Division, the highest-ranking Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, al-Qassam said: “As part of Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange deal, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades will hand over three bodies of occupation prisoners found this afternoon in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip at 8:00 PM Gaza time.”