The office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said early on Sunday identification of Engel’s remains had been completed. The Israeli government said it “shares in the deep sorrow of the Engel family and all the families of the fallen hostages.” The identity of the second person has not been publicly confirmed.

Since the Gaza peace plan took effect early this week, Hamas has handed over 20 living hostages and the remains of at least eight confirmed hostages.

The Israeli military said it had fired at a "suspicious vehicle" it said had crossed the line demarcating the area occupied by its forces.

Hamas has now handed over the remains of 12 of the 28 dead hostages in Gaza, a key step in the week-old ceasefire process meant to end two years of war. The militant group says devastation and Israeli military control of certain areas of the Gaza Strip have slowed the handover.

Palestinian protesters as Hamas turns on Palestinians in Gaza, criticizing absent campus activists who once rallied against Israel.

Prosecutors say cell phone location data places Lafayette, Louisiana, resident Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, at the scene of the attacks.

The disturbing images are part of a long pattern of punishment meted out to suspected collaborators, according to an Israeli hostage negotiator.

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