Hamas is handing over the remains of an additional captive it recovered in the ravaged Gaza Strip, as the Palestinian group urges mediators and the international community to pressure Israel to open border crossings and allow aid in.The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said in a statement on Friday that its fighters were handing over the remains at 11pm local time (20:00 GMT), without elaborating on where the body was retrieved.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAccording to the group, the remains were pulled out earlier in the day and were those of an “occupation prisoner”, suggesting they belonged to an Israeli rather than one of the captives of several other nationalities also taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.The Israeli military said on Friday that the Red Cross had retrieved a coffin of a dead Israeli captive from the Palestinians and was transferring it to Israeli custody. Official identification would first be provided to the family before being made public, the army said.“Hamas is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the deceased hostages,” the army added.Hamas says it is committed to the terms of the United States-mediated ceasefire deal, including the handover of captive bodies still unaccounted for under Gaza’s ruins. It has repeatedly said it has returned all the bodies it was able to recover, but needs help locating remaining captives trapped under the rubble following Israeli strikes …
