KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hospital officials in Gaza say they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinians returned from Israel under the terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The bodies arrived on Saturday at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the officials said.

It followed the return by Palestinian militants of a body of an Israeli hostage the previous day. As part of the deal, Israel has returned the remains of 15 Palestinians for each Israeli hostage.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said on Saturday that the remains of a hostage returned from Gaza the previous night belong to an Israeli man who died while fighting Hamas in the militants' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that started the war .

The identification marked an

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