Hamas on Tuesday staged the discovery of remains belonging to an Israeli hostage, with video showing the terrorists reburying a corpse and then flagging it to the Red Cross — further justifying

The Israeli prime minister's comments come after Hamas agreed to release hostages under a US-proposed peace plan.

Israel says the remains of three people handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross this week do not belong to any of the hostages.

The hostages are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.

Israel on Tuesday said it had received the remains of Itay Chen, the last US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.

Hamas has so far returned the bodies of 15 of the 28 slain hostages. The militant group has insisted that it did not know the location of the remaining bodies.

World leaders from more than 20 nations gathered in Egypt to formally sign the agreement, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called "the birth of a glimmer of hope" for the region.

Israel has confirmed receiving two more bodies of hostages from the Red Cross, which are now being examined for identification. If the latest remains are verified, 19 hostages would still be unaccounted for inside Gaza. Hamas claims it cannot locate the ...