Gaza health ministry reports receipt of 15 more bodies under ceasefire exchange

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Saturday that it had received the bodies of 15 Palestinians a day earlier as part of the US-brokered ceasefire exchange arrangement.

According to the ministry, the remains were handed over by Israel through the Red Cross on Friday, bringing the total number of bodies transferred under the deal to 330. Officials said they have so far identified 97 of them.

The latest exchange followed Hamas’s return, via the Red Cross on Thursday, of the remains of 73-year-old Israeli hostage Meny Godard.

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