KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hospital officials in Gaza say they have received the bodies of 15 Palestinians returned from Israel under the terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The bodies arrived on Saturday at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the officials said.

It followed the return by Palestinian militants of a body of an Israeli hostage the previous day. As part of the deal, Israel has returned the remains of 15 Palestinians for each Israeli hostage.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said on Saturday that the remains of a hostage returned from Gaza the previous night belong to an Israeli man who died while fighting Hamas in the militants' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that started the war.

The identification marked another

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