Hamas is claiming that it is struggling to locate the bodies of the last three fallen hostages—Dror Or, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak—due to the destruction in the Gaza Strip.

This assessment comes after the terror group transferred “findings” instead of a body on Nov. 17, dragging out the conclusion of the implementation of the Oct. 10 ceasefire’s first-stage. Until now, in exchange for the bodies of deceased hostages—Hamas has handed over 25 out of the 28 it is committed to return—Israel has returned to Gaza the bodies of an unknown number of terrorists killed in the fighting.

Without saying how many, an IDF spokeswoman told JNS that “all the bodies returned so far are Hamas terrorists who were eliminated within the Gaza Strip. The IDF holds the bodies of terrorists. This is accord

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