Hamas has returned remains belonging to Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American who was killed while serving in the Israeli army on Oct. 7, 2023, to Israel, JTA reported.

Neutra was one of two Israeli-American soldiers killed that day, along with Itay Chen. Their bodies were still being held by Hamas in Gaza weeks after the start of a cease-fire under which the group was required to release all hostages.

Twenty living hostages were freed at the cease-fire’s start, but Hamas has released the remains of deceased hostages intermittently and with snafus that have tested the truce.

On Nov. 2, Hamas transferred remains that it said came from three deceased hostages, which if confirmed would reduce the number of hostages still in Gaza to eight. Neutra was the first to be positively identified.

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