Israel says has identified dead hostage returned on Friday

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said that the body of a deceased captive Hamas returned overnight has been identified as Eliyahu Margalit, AFP reports.

The Israeli military “informed the family of the abductee Eliyahu Margalit… that [the body of] their loved one has been returned to Israel and his identification has been completed”, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, adding that it would “not compromise” and “will spare no effort until we return all of the fallen abductees, down to the last one”.

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