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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Jerusalem

Body handed over by Hamas is not hostage, says Israel, as Palestinian dead ‘arrive back in cuffs’

White Red Cross vehicles line up on a dusty road
Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross wait near the Kissufim crossing in central Gaza to receive the bodies of Palestinians held by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty

One of the four bodies handed over by Hamas is not a missing hostage, Israel has said.

Meanwhile a hospital in Gaza said the 45 anonymous remains of Palestinians they had received in return arrived with cuffs on their legs and arms.

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