The Israeli military says it has identified a body handed over from Gaza as that of Israeli-Argentinian Lior Rudaeff.
The 61-year-old was killed while attempting to defend Nir Yitzhak kibbutz during the Hamas attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023 and his body was taken to Gaza by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) armed group, the military said.
PIJ said the body was found on Friday in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Hamas has now returned all 20 living hostages and 23 out of 28 deceased hostages under the first phase of a ceasefire deal that started on 10 October. Four of the five dead hostages still in Gaza are Israelis and one is Thai.
Israel has criticised Hamas for not yet returning all the bodies. Hamas says it is hard to find them under rubble.
PIJ is an armed group allied with Hamas. It took part in the 7 October attack and previously held some Israeli hostages.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a campaign group, welcomed the return.
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