The partial remains of three bodies that Hamas handed over to Israel on Friday night via the Red Cross were assessed by Israeli authorities as not belonging to any hostages, The Times of Israel has learned.

The assessment on Saturday was made following the completion of identification efforts at the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv.

The terror group’s military wing confirmed it handed over the remains of three bodies to Israel.

According to the Al-Qassam Brigades, it had offered samples of the unidentified bodies it found, but “the enemy refused to receive the samples and requested to receive the bodies for examination.”

Hamas said it handed over the remains “to counter the enemy’s claims.”

There was no comment from Israel on the transfer, but it has previously charged that the terror group knows the location of the vast majority of the remaining bodies of hostages, and is purposely stalling.

Hamas, in its statement, said its teams were ready to continue to work on “extracting the bodies of enemy captives inside the Yellow Line,” referring to areas of the Strip under Israel Defense Forces control.

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