A spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, says in a statement that Israel is conducting searches for the body of the last remaining hostage in Gaza, Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, based on information that Hamas gave mediators.
Israel does not immediately comment on the statement.
“We affirm that we have conveyed to the mediators all the details and information that we have regarding the location of the prisoner’s body,” says the spokesman.
“What confirms this is that the enemy is currently searching in one of the locations based on information given the mediators by the Qassam Brigades,” he adds, without specifying where.
Searches for Gvili’s body have taken place intermittently in eastern Gaza City. Israel has publicly refused to make further concessions as part of the Gaza ceasefire before the body is returned, but is reportedly under US pressure to do so.
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