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Israel on Friday received the remains of another hostage from Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office said, following a handover by Hamas. The militant group has been using bulldozers to recover bodies from the rubble in the war-torn enclave as part of efforts to uphold the ceasefire.

The Israeli military and security forces received the coffin from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inside the Gaza Strip, and it was to be sent to the Ministry of Health’s National Centre for Forensic Medicine in Israel.

According to Israeli authorities, the family of the deceased would be notified first after a formal identification process.

The handover came after Hamas’ military wing, known as the Qassam Brigades, said the remains were that of an ‘occupation prisone

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