The remains of three people transferred to Israel from Gaza do not belong to any of the missing hostages, according to reports by Israeli sources.

The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late on Friday - but Israeli military sources told the AP news agency they were not any of the hostages.

Earlier this week, Israel's prime minister ordered airstrikes on Gaza , which killed more than 100 people, after accusing Hamas of a "clear violation" of the ceasefire agreement by releasing remains of a hostage already recovered by troops nearly two years ago

It is not the first time Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal, which came into effect on 10 October, by failing to return the bodies of hostages. On 15 October, the Is

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