Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel had identified the latest remains returned from Gaza as hostage Dror Or.

That leaves the bodies of two hostages in Gaza as the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement nears a conclusion.

Palestinian militants released Mr Or’s remains on Tuesday.

Israel has agreed to release 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage returned.

Mr Or was killed by Islamic Jihad militants who overran his home in Kibbutz Beeri on October 7 2023, Israel’s military said. His wife, Yonat Or, was also killed in the attack.

That day, Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people across southern Israel and abducted 251 to Gaza. Kibbutz Beeri was one of the hardest-hit farming communities in that attack that started the war in Gaza.

Two of Mr Or’s child

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