Israel's government said Tuesday that a set of partial hostage remains returned by Hamas the previous day belonged to a deceased hostage recovered by the military around two years ago, not one of those whose remains are still missing in Gaza. The prime minister's office called it a violation of the U.S.-brokered peace deal, and said it was considering its response.

"After completing the identification process this morning, it was found that last night remains belonging to the fallen hostage Ofir Tzarfati, who had been returned from the Gaza Strip in a military operation about two years ago, were returned," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

"This constitutes a clear violation of the [Gaza peace] agreement " by Hamas, Netanyahu's office said, adding that the prime mi

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