# Israel has confirmed that the Palestinian militant group Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage. If the latest body is confirmed to be a hostage following an identification process, it would mean 25 out of 28 deceased hostages have been handed over to Israel under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. Hamas has admitted to struggling to find the hostages’ bodies under rubble. All 20 living Israeli hostages were released on 13 October in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners and one-thousand-718 detainees from Gaza.
Hamas has handed over another body believed to be an Israeli hostage