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JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 The\u00a0remains of three people\u00a0Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the\u00a0Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n
The handover followed Israel\u2019s return on Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, which completed an exchange after militants turned over remains of two\u00a0hostages\u00a0earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that the remains of the three people did not belong to hostages. It was unclear who the remains belonged to.<\/p>\n
Hamas’ armed wing said it had offered to hand over samples on Friday of unidentified bodies but Israel refused and asked for the remains for examination.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe handed the bodies over to stop the claims of Israel,” the statement said. Health officials in Gaza have struggled to identify bodies without access to DNA kits.<\/p>\n
Families and supporters rallied once again on Saturday night to call for the return of all hostages. While Yael Adar, mother of the late Tamir Adar, asserted to a rally in Tel Aviv that \u201cthe Hamas scum are mocking us,\u201d Moran Harari, friend of the late Carmel Gat, urged Israel to have restraint during a rally in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis cursed war has taken so many lives of dear people on both sides of the fence. This time, we must not fall into it again,\u201d Harari said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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