VIDEO - Six Israeli fatalities from a Sunday plane crash on the Thai island of Phuket were identified Tuesday. The head of an Israel Police forensics team sent to Thailand said Tuesday morning that the body of an Israeli citizen had been successfully identified. Two more bodies were identified an hour later and two more were identified Tuesday evening. The six Israeli victims whose names were released for publication so far are Hila Gershoni of Holon, Tal Feldman of Rishon Lezion, Lili Alon, 22, of Jerusalem, Rotem Naori, 23, and her husband Adi Naim, and Yitzhak Biton, 25, of Kfar Yona. Their next-of-kin was informed by Israeli authorities. Zaka and MDA in Phuket Authorities try to identify plane crash victims / eital Tzur Zaka, Magen David Adom crews arrive in Thailand with DNA samples in bid to identify Israeli victims. Chabad rabbi: Our strength comes from the hope that there may be survivors Full Story The team, comprised of eight members, had arrived in Thailand Monday night in order to assist with the identification of bodies recovered from the crash of the passenger plane, in an attempt to find and name Israeli victims. "Before we got here, the identification had been undertaken largely using pictures of the missing persons supplied by their familes, but this was not enough," said Itzik Koroniv, the head of the forensic team. "Identification needs to be based on scientific evidence – DNA, fingerprints, dental records. We had this information supplied to us by medical sources in Israel, in order to determine the correct identity of the victims," he said. According to Koroniv, the team's progress is being hindered by bureaucratic difficulties on the part of local authorities. "It's difficult to get to the bodies. The locals… ask us for to present them first with our medical information and then decide which bodies to show us. This slows down the process. "In this case, time is precious due to the great suffering of the families. We are talking to Thai authorities and hope that our acquaintance with some of them, due to our help during the tsunami (in Dec. 2004) will help expedite the procedure and increase cooperation," he said. At this point, the Israeli forensic team is the largest that any nation has sent to help identify victims, which leads to representatives from different nations asking for help in identification. "Other nations have only one or two representatives. We offered our help to anyone who asks," Koroniv said. Heading home Meanwhile, the only two Israeli survivors – Vladimir and Isabella Freylikhman - are being flown back to Israel. "Early this morning, we started to coordinate the couple's flight home… We are leaving the hospital in an airborne ambulance to Bangkok and we'll wait for an El Al flight back to Israel. There are special stretchers on the plane to accommodate the back injuries suffered by the couple," Magen David Adom paramedic Asi Debilenski told Ynet. Once in Israel, the couple will be hospitalized at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. "Our work with them is primarily psychological at this point, in preparation for their flight. They're very nervous to get on the plane in Phuket, near the scene of the earlier crash," Debilenski said. "In the hospital, we offered our help to victims of other nationalities," the paramedic added. "There was an Iranian victim to whom I offered my help. He saw my MDA uniform and knew where I was from, and politely refused my help… We did our part in offering our aid to anyone who survived this catastrophe." Voicing similar sentiments, ambassador to Thailand Yael Rubinstein told Ynet Tuesday morning that the forensic team in Phuket would help all other nations identify their victims. "We are part of this cruel fate and already announced that, without exception, we will help in humanitarian efforts," she said, noting that no other nation had sent a full forensic team to the scene. "The Thai foreign minister thanked us for our quick responses to all requests for help. Our goal now is to speed up the work in order to put an end to this tragedy as quickly as possible," she said. Efrat Weiss and Raanan Ben-Zur contributed to the report