Body Returned By Hamas Isn't Israeli Hostage

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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A body returned to Israel by Hamas isn't one of the deceased hostages, which has threatened the historic peace agreement between the two sides, the Israeli Defense Forces announced in a statement shared on Wednesday (October 15).

"Following the completion of examinations at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the fourth body handed over to Israel Hamas does not match any of the hostages," the statement reads via the New York Post.

Israel had previously accused Hamas of not meeting the requirements of the two sides' ceasefire agreement by only releasing eight of the 28 bodies of dead hostages between Monday (October 13) and Tuesday (October 14). All 20 remaining living Israeli hostages were released back to their home country on Monday in adherence with the first phase of the peace agreement.

It wasn't immediately clear who the non-Israeli hostage body belonged to at the time of publication.

“Hamas is required to make all necessary efforts to return the deceased hostages,” the Israeli military added in its statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a public demand for Hamas to fulfill the requirements of releasing all the remaining hostages' bodies back to Israel following the incident.

“We will not compromise on this and will not stop our efforts until we return the last deceased hostage, until the last one,” he said via the New York Post.

President Donald Trump also issued a statement on his Truth Social account claiming that the the historic peace deal would not be completed until Hamas returned all the bodies to Israel.

"ALL TWENTY HOSTAGES ARE BACK AND FEELING AS GOOD AS CAN BE EXPECTED. A big burden has been lifted, but the job IS NOT DONE. THE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED! Phase Two begins right NOW!!! President DJT," Trump wrote.


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