One of the bodies handed over by Hamas terrorists as part of the Middle East ceasefire deal is not one of the hostages who was held in Gaza, the Israeli military said Wednesday.

Hamas was required to return all 48 remaining hostages as part of the first phase of the sweeping Gaza peace plan as negotiated by President Donald Trump – so far, all 20 living hostages and seven hostages’ bodies have been repatriated for burial.

AP reports the three other bodies handed over Tuesday night are named as Tamir Nimrodi, Eitan Levi and Uriel Baruch however one has been confirmed as not to have been amongst the hostages held by Hamas.

The IDF says this is following examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine.

In all, Israel awaits the return of the bodies of 28 deceased hostages.

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