JAKARTA - Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as the latest step to meet the requirements of a fragile US-mediated ceasefire agreement.
The bodies were returned after militants on Thursday night handed over the bodies of one of the last four Israeli hostages held hostage in the October 7, 2023 attack that sparked war in Gaza.
As reported by the Associated Press, Saturday, November 18, Israel identified the body returned as Mens Godard, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. His wife, Ayelet, was killed in the attack.
The armed wing of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad said Godard's body was found in southern Gaza.
The bodies of 25 hostages have been returned to Israel since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on October 10.
There are still three more hostages in Gaza that need to be found and handed over. Hamas returned 20 live hostages to Israel on October 13.
For each returned hostage, Israel has released the bodies of 15 Palestinians, the exchange which is at the core of the first phase of the ceasefire.
Overall, the number of Palestinian bodies that have been received so far is 330, of which only 95 have been officially identified, according to Gaza Health Ministry officials.
Health officials in Gaza say the identification of the bodies handed over by Israel is complicated due to a lack of DNA test kits.
The bodies of 27 unidentified Palestinians were buried in Gaza on Friday.
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