The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it had facilitated the transfer to Lebanon of four more detainees released from Israeli custody, completing the handover of five people Israel agreed to free amid U.S.-mediated talks between the two countries.

The four were transferred a day after the first detainee, Malek Ghazi, was handed over to Lebanese authorities through the Naqoura crossing along the Israel-Lebanon border.

The freed detainees were identified in earlier reports as Ali Shour, Hussein Ayyash, Asaad al-Hseika and Sam Ibrahim al-Samawi. According to those reports, two were Lebanese and two were Syrian nationals.

Israel announced Thursday that it would release the five civilians following what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office described as significant Lebanese assistance in efforts to locate and recover the remains of prominent members of Lebanon's Jewish community who were abducted and killed decades ago.

The releases have also been viewed as a potential confidence-building measure aimed at supporting direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel and reducing tensions along their volatile border.

In its statement, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it had facilitated the transfer of the four remaining detainees to Lebanon and added that it “continues its dialogue with the Israeli authorities” regarding other Lebanese detainees who remain in Israeli custody.

Netanyahu's office said Lebanon and Israel had carried out “numerous efforts” in recent months, including operations on the ground, to locate the remains of members of Lebanon's Jewish community who were abducted and murdered by Shiite armed groups in the 1980s.

“In light of this significant activity, it was decided to release five Lebanese civilians who were detained in areas of southern Lebanon under IDF control,” the statement said.

The Prime Minister's Office said the five detainees had been questioned and determined not to be members of terrorist organizations or involved in terrorist activity and that there was no longer a reason to keep them in Israeli detention.

Netanyahu had instructed officials to continue efforts to locate and recover the remains of prominent leaders of Lebanon's Jewish community, whom his office described as victims of kidnappings and killings carried out by armed groups in the mid-1980s.

Several members of Lebanon's Jewish community, including senior communal figures, were abducted in Beirut during that period, with some later confirmed to have been killed.

Gesture Linked to U.S.-Mediated Talks

Israel's announcement confirmed earlier reports in Israeli media that five detainees would be released as part of the broader negotiations between Beirut and Jerusalem, with the process coordinated with the United States.

Israel's Channel 12 reported that preliminary lists of detainees had been exchanged during the latest round of negotiations, held in Rome.

Israeli media portrayed the releases as a goodwill gesture designed to bolster talks aimed at reducing tensions and helping bring an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

The next round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel is scheduled to take place later this month in Rome.

The prisoner releases come as the two sides also hold parallel discussions over the recovery and identification of human remains.

An official told The Times of Israel last month that Lebanon and Israel were conducting separate negotiations over the identification and return of the remains of Lebanese nationals and Israeli Jews in exchange for the release of Lebanese detainees.

The developments followed a meeting in Jerusalem two days earlier between Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. Both diplomats have been involved in Washington-mediated efforts to facilitate direct talks between Lebanon and Israel.