Local health authorities in Gaza say they have received 45 bodies of Palestinians held by Israel on Tuesday, as Israel announced it will keep the Rafah crossing shuttered after Hamas did not hand over the remaining bodies of hostages.

Mohammad Zaqout, director general of Gaza hospitals, says the bodies arrived in Gaza via the International Committee of the Red Cross in a way that " respects the sanctity of the martyrs' bodies."

Zaqout said officials are still waiting to receive the list of names from Israeli authorities, adding that the bodies were placed in morgues, with some identifiable but others that are not.

“We are still waiting, once they are confirmed, we will publish those names so families can identify their loved ones,” he told CBC News freelance videographer Mohamed El Saife.

“Things were going according to plans. God willing we will be able to receive more bodies so families can bury their loved ones,” he said outside of Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, where the bodies were taken.

The hospital said some of the bodies showed signs of torture and having their hands bound. It was not immediately clear when or how they died.

People watch as a truck carrying the bodies of Palestinians who had been held in Israel during the war arrives at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis on Tuesday.