Slow release of hostage bodies threatens Gaza ceasefire and deepens families’ heartbreak

Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The announcement Monday that Hamas had released the body of another hostage offered hope to 13 families and an Israeli public desperately waiting for the remains of loved ones to come back from Gaza. Then came word that the militant group had returned only partial remains from a hostage who was recovered by Israeli troops nearly two years ago. That brought fresh heartbreak to the families of the hostages whose bodies are still somewhere in the devastated Palestinian

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