Israel has identified the latest hostage body returned from Gaza as Israeli-Argentinian Lior Rudaeff, the Israeli military says.

Mr Rudaeff, 61, was killed in the Nir Yitzhak kibbutz while trying to protect his community with four other residents on October 7, 2023 during the brutal Hamas cross-border attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war.

His death was confirmed by Israeli authorities in May 2024 and his name was included on the list of 20 living and 28 deceased hostages Hamas agreed to return under the terms of the October ceasefire.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a campaign group, welcomed the return.

"Lior's return provides some measure of comfort to a family that has lived with agonising uncertainty and doubt for over two years," it said in a statement.

"We will

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