Israel says bodies of two captives returned by Hamas identified

The Israeli army on Thursday said that it had identified the bodies of captives, Inbar Hayman and Mohammad al-Atrash, whose remains had been returned to Israel the previous evening by Hamas, news agency AFP reported. 

"Following the completion of the identification process by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine... (Israeli military) representatives informed the families of Inbar Hayman and Sergeant Major Mohammad al-Atrash that their bodies had been repatriated for burial," an army statement said.