The Associated Press has analyzed a video released by Israel accusing Hamas of staging the discovery of remains of a hostage in Gaza.

The partial remains returned to Israel on Monday were identified as belonging to Ofir Tzarfati.

Tzarfati was kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel that started the war, in which militants killed some 1,200 people that day and took 251 hostages.

Tzarfati was killed in captivity and his body was retrieved by Israeli troops in November 2023.

In March 2024, his family received additional remains for burial.

The video shows a white body bag being thrown out of a damaged building into a dug out area.

Three masked men are seen burying the body bag before heavy machinery moves it to a nearby area where it is buried for a second time.

The men then dig it out before photos are taken of the body bag. People wearing red vests could be seen observing.

The Associated Press geolocated the footage and confirmed its location.

It could not, however, confirm the exact date or time it was filmed or if remains were in fact inside the body bag.

“This footage clearly shows that the Hamas terrorist organization is attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies, while in fact holding deceased hostages whose remains it refuses to release as required by the agreement,” the Israeli army said in a statement.

Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian called the scene a “disgraceful deception” and said the body bag contained the partial remains of Tzarfati.

Hamas did not respond to AP’s request for comment but in a statement accused Israel of obstructing their efforts to search for more hostage remains.

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed in a written statement that a team was present “in good faith” and was unaware of the circumstances leading to the discovery of the remains.

“It is unacceptable that a fake recovery was staged, when so much depends on this agreement being upheld and when so many families are still anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones,” said Sarah Davies, a spokesperson for the ICRC.

This is the second time since the ceasefire that remains turned over by Hamas have been problematic.

Israel said one of the bodies Hamas released in the first week of the ceasefire belonged to an unidentified Palestinian.

Over 68,500 Palestinians have died in the two-year war in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government and doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count.

The ministry maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. Israel has disputed them without providing its own toll.