Militants’ bodies sent home by Israelis

ISRAEL handed over the remains of 15 militants shot dead during attempted attacks in the Gaza Strip as part of a series of goodwill gestures towards the Palestinians.

However the fatal shooting of a Palestinian in the West Bank highlighted the fragile nature of the tentative peace process between the two sides.

The bodies were handed over at the main Erez crossing point between Israel and Gaza after being transported from the Israeli forensic medical unit near Tel Aviv.