Hamas hands over another body in the Gaza Strip

The Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas handed over another body to staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Gaza Strip.

The remains are believed to be those of a hostage kidnapped in Israel, Hamas said Thursday.

Red Cross personnel are on their way with a coffin for representatives of the Israeli army, the Israeli army said. The identity will then have to be clarified at a forensic institute in Tel Aviv, the statement said.

Before the handover, there were still the bodies of four hostages who died in the Gaza Strip, including a foreigner kidnapped in Israel.

Hamas announced Thursday that it had found the body the same day in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Israel and Hamas agreed to hand over the bodies as part of the ceasefire deal in October. Under the agreement, for every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel must hand over the remains of 15 deceased Gaza residents.