Israel: Hamas handed us the remains of a prisoner whose body was returned earlier.

The Israeli army radio stated today, Tuesday, that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) returned the remains of an Israeli hostage last night, whose body had previously been returned and buried in Israel.

It emphasized that the remains handed over by the Red Cross from Hamas last night and returned to Israel do not belong to any of the 13 Israeli prisoners whose bodies are still being held in the Gaza Strip to this day.

For his part, the "Walla" website reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold emergency consultations today to discuss what he described as Hamas's "violation" of the agreement to return the bodies of prisoners.

Channel 12 also quoted an Israeli official saying that the government will take steps regarding what he called "Hamas's violation of the body return agreement."

Hamas has not yet commented on the news reported by Israeli media in this regard.

In response, right-wing officials expressed their anger, with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich voicing their concerns.

Ben Gvir stressed that the continued what he termed "Hamas's manipulation and its failure to immediately hand over the bodies" is evidence that it is still resilient, as he put it.

For his part, Smotrich called on Netanyahu to convene the security cabinet to discuss "Hamas's violation of the agreement," as he described it.

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister confirmed that Israeli forces inside the Gaza Strip received the body of one of the detainees through the Red Cross.

These developments were preceded by a confirmation from a senior source in the Al-Qassam Brigades to Al Jazeera that they found the body of one of the prisoners during search operations in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

In this context, Israel announced yesterday, Monday, that it allowed a team including Red Cross staff, Egyptian paramedics, and a member of Hamas to participate in the search for the remains of prisoners beyond the yellow line in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas confirmed its commitment to hand over the bodies of 13 prisoners still in the Gaza Strip, which include 10 Israelis captured on October 7, 2023, one Israeli missing since 2014, and a Thai worker and another Tanzanian.