Israel has received the remains of a deceased Israeli soldier who was killed in the Gaza Strip more than a decade ago.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement the remains were handed over to Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory by the Red Cross, confirming his identity in a later statement.

Hamas' armed wing had earlier said it would hand over the body of Hadar Goldin, a military officer killed in an ambush in the Gaza Strip during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war.

Hamas said that it found the body of Goldin in a tunnel in the enclave's southernmost city of Rafah on Saturday.

Goldin was killed on August 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire took effect ending that year's war between Israel and Hamas.

The return of the remains of Goldin, who has become an Israeli

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