The Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations said on Tuesday they would be returning the remains of a slain hostage at 4 p.m.

The announcement came just minutes after the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said it viewed with “great severity” any delay in releasing the body.

“In light of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s announcement that it has located the remains of a deceased hostage, Israel views with great severity the delay in immediately transferring them to its custody,” the PMO said.

“This is an additional violation of the agreement. Israel demands the immediate return of the three deceased hostages who are still being held in the Gaza Strip,” added the statement.

Islamic Jihad first claimed on Monday that it had found the remains of a hostage.

“Today, we found the body of one of the enemy prisoners during search operations in areas controlled by the Zionist [Israeli] army in the central Gaza Strip,” the Al-Quds Brigades said in a statement, according to AFP.

The bodies of three murdered hostages remain in Gaza: Israel Police counter-terrorism officer Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, Dror Or and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.

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