The bodies of 27 unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel have been buried in Deir al-Balah. Photo: AP PHOTO

Israel has returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to the Gaza Strip, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis say, in the latest step to fulfilling the terms of a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement.

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The bodies were returned after militants late on Thursday handed over the body of one of the last four remaining Israeli hostages taken during the October 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in the Gaza Strip.

Israel identified the returned body as that of Meny

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