Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad has handed over the body of a deceased hostage as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said a coffin carrying the remains of a hostage has been handed over to Israeli security forces in Gaza via the Red Cross and will be transported into Israel for identification.

Islamic Jihad is an armed group that is allied with Hamas and which also took hostages during the October 7, 2023 attack that precipitated the Gaza war. It said the hostage's body was located in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

Under the October ceasefire deal Hamas turned over all 20 living hostages still held in Gaza since the group's 2023 attack on Israel, in return for nearly 2000 Palestinian convicts and warti

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