Hamas has returned another body of a deceased captive to Israel as Palestinians across the Gaza Strip brace for cold winter months amid a lack of adequate shelter, food and other critical supplies.The Palestinian group announced on Wednesday that it was returning the remains of an Israeli captive via the International Committee of the Red Cross.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office later confirmed the transfer, which now leaves six captives’ remains still in Gaza.The return of the bodies has been a major sticking point in the United States-brokered ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, with the latter accusing the Palestinian group of violating the deal by not releasing all the remains.But Hamas says retrieval efforts have been complicated by the widespread destruction in Gaza, as well as by Israeli restrictions on the entry of heavy machinery and bulldozers to help with the search.Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reported that the body returned on Wednesday was retrieved after four days of digging through the rubble in the eastern Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujayea.The area “has been under the control and operation of the Israeli army for months”, said Odeh, explaining that an Egyptian team of experts took part in the effort.She added that Israel has made clear that “it will not deliver on its commitments in phase one of the ceasefire agreement” – including the free flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza – until all the bodies are returned.Separately, the Israeli army killed two Palestinians in central Gaza, claiming that they crossed the ceasefire’s yellow line near Isra …
