Hamas transfers a deceased hostage's coffin to the Red Cross for handover to Israel Defense Forces troops in Gaza as part of ongoing ceasefire agreement.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has released the last surviving hostages it was holding in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

One body Hamas returned to Israel as part of the ceasefire deal "does not match any of the hostages," the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday.

Israeli forces struck Hamas positions in Gaza after the terrorist group allegedly violated ceasefire terms with attacks on IDF forces.

The body of the oldest hostage taken by Hamas was returned to Israel, along with another deceased hostage, as part of a US-proposed ceasefire agreement.

Omer Neutra from New York state is one of two deceased American Israeli hostages whose bodies have still not been returned by Hamas.

Hamas still has some 20,000 fighters and access to thousands of weapons, including missiles that can reach deep within the Jewish state, according to the Israeli military.

IDF said that two Israeli soldiers were killed and two wounded in a deadly Hamas attack near Salah A-Din Road in southern Gaza on Sunday morning. Israeli army added that Hamas operatives emerged from a cross-border tunnel and fired RPGs at IDF excavators.