The Israeli military claimed on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday under a ceasefire agreement is not that of someone being held hostage in Gaza. Hamas handed over four bodies on Tuesday in a bid to ease pressure on the fragile ceasefire, following four on Monday when the last 20 surviving hostages were freed. In total, Israel was awaiting the return of the bodies of 28 dead hostages. After an overnight forensic examination of four bodies, the Israeli military said medical officials had concluded that one of the bodies “does not match any of the hostages.” The Israeli military warned Hamas would make all necessary efforts to repatriate the dead hostages. Under a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump, Hamas freed 20 living Israeli hostages and eight bodies, news agency AFP reported. have been handed back, which include one Nepali, six Israelis and an eighth unidentified person.
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In addition, a hospital in Gaza said it had received the remains of 45 Palestinians handed over by Israel, the report added. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday demanded that Hamas meet the conditions set in the ceasefire agreement put forward by US President Donald Trump regarding the return of the bodies of the hostages.
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He said that Gam will not compromise on this and will not stop his efforts until we return the last deceased hostage. The ceasefire plan proposed by the US called for the handing over of all living and dead hostages by a deadline expiring on Monday. But under the agreement, if that does not happen, Hamas must share information about the dead hostages and make efforts to hand them over as soon as possible.