Egyptian machinery and workers search for the bodies of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of a hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago – an announcement that will likely rattle the tenuous, U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli military recovered the bodies of some 51 hostages during the two years of the Israel-Hamas war in the coastal territory. Netanyahu called the return of body parts a “clear violation” of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement by Hamas.

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