Israel received from the Red Cross on Friday the remains of one the last six hostages held by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, according to the prime minister's office.

The Israeli military later confirmed that a coffin containing the deceased hostage's body had "crossed the border into the State of Israel" after being delivered by the Red Cross to the army and the Shin Bet security agency in Gaza.

It said the body was being sent to a forensic facility in Tel Aviv for identification.

Earlier in the day, Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, had said that it and the armed wing of Islamic Jihad would "hand over the body of one of the occupation's captives, which was found today in the city of Khan Yunis".

The handover took place under the terms of a US-brokered Gaz

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