JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities confirmed Thursday that the remains of a hostage returned the previous day from Gaza are of a Tanzanian agricultural student in Israel who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023 in the Hamas-led attack that started the war .

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Israeli authorities have identified the latest remains of a hostage that Hamas handed over as belonging to a Tanzanian agricultural student

Joshua Loitu Mollel was a 21-year-old who had arrived at kibbutz Nahal Oz only 19 days before the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel that started the war

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday that Mollel's family has been notified

With Mollel’s return, there are six bodies of hostages that remain in Gaza.

The development was the latest step fo

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