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“Every settlement, every neighborhood, every housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea,” he said.

Families place the bodies of their dead in a coffin and slide it into a niche.

The Israeli military said two coffins were handed over to troops in the Palestinian territory by the Red Cross, which had earlier received them from Hamas.

"The Red Cross is on its way to the meeting point in the southern Gaza Strip, where several coffins of deceased hostages will be transferred into its custody", the military said in a statement.

At the viewing, tens of thousands filed past his open coffin, many crying out the phrase "we are orphans".