The family of another hostage, Shiri Bibas, earlier on Saturday also confirmed receipt of her remains. Bibas and her two young sons had become symbols of the ordeal suffered by Israeli hostages since the Gaza war began.

JERUSALEM -- JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages Saturday from the Gaza Strip, but the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is shadowed by heightened tension between the adversaries that clouds the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

Israel will also exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as the release of a wrong body by Hamas threatened to break the agreement.