JERUSALEM — Hamas said Monday it would hand over the remains of a deceased hostage, the 16th since a ceasefire began, shortly after families of missing Israelis called for a suspension of the Gaza truce until all captives’ bodies are returned.

A joint team of Red Cross, Egyptian rescue services and a Hamas member was searching for the remains of hostages demanded by Israel, an Israeli government official said.

“The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades will transfer the body of one of the Israeli captives, recovered today in the Gaza Strip, at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) Gaza time,” Hamas said on its Telegram channel.

Hamas has so far returned the remains of 15 of the 28 deceased hostages since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10.

It has also freed all 20 surviving hostages as part of the

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