Bodies of 4 Jewish victims of Paris terror attack at supermarket arrive in Israel for burial

French Israelis hold signs with pictures of French Jewish victims of last week's attack on a Paris Kosher supermarket with writing that reads, "I Am Charlie" and "I am dead because I am Jewish" prior to a prayer at a French synagogue, in the port city of Ashdod, Israel, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (The Associated Press)

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French Israelis hold signs with pictures of victims of last week's attack on a Paris Kosher supermarket with writing that reads, "I am dead because I am Jewish" and "I am Charlie, I am Jewish, I am Israeli, I am French, I am fed up! " during a prayer for the French victims at a synagogue, in the port city of Ashdod, Israel, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (The Associated Press)

A relative of French Jew Yoav Hattab, a victim of the attack on kosher grocery store in Paris, attends his funeral procession in the city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Israel geared up on Tuesday for the solemn funerals of four Jewish victims of a Paris terror attack on a kosher supermarket amid rising concerns over increased anti-Semitism in Europe. Hattab will be buried in Jerusalem with the other victims. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) (The Associated Press)

JERUSALEM – The bodies of four Jewish victims of a Paris terror attack on a kosher supermarket have arrived in Israel for burial.

The bodies were brought by plane that landed early Tuesday morning at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport outside of Tel Aviv. The burial was to take place later in the day at a Jerusalem cemetery.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures are to attend the ceremony.

The four were killed in the hostage standoff on Friday at a kosher supermarket in Paris. They are among 17 people who died in a wave of terror attacks carried out last week by militants claiming allegiance to al-Qaida and the Islamic State extremist groups.