Israel says Hamas and PIJ returned body of Gaza hostage Dror Or

The handover means the bodies of two deceased hostages are still being held in Gaza six weeks after the ceasefire began.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said his government "shares in the deep sorrow of the Or family" following the completion of forensic testing overnight.

It stressed that Israeli authorities were working "tirelessly" to bring home the last two dead hostages still in Gaza and demanded that Hamas uphold its commitments to hand over their remains under the six-week-old Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Or's body was transferred via the Red Cross after PIJ and Hamas announced that it had been recovered in central Gaza on Monday.

On Wednesday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its representatives had informed Or's family that his body was returned after experts at the National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv confirmed its identity.