Gaza health officials receive bodies of 15 Palestinians returned by Israel

Palestinians light fires to keep away mosquitoes amid the destruction left by Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said.

The bodies were returned after militants late on Thursday handed over the body of one of the last four remaining Israeli hostages taken during the October 7 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza.