Palestinian group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday that it had confirmed the body was that of Lior Rudaeff following an identification process.

Radical leader of Israeli regime Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that a coffin carrying the remains of a hostage has been handed over to Israeli security forces in Gaza via the Red Cross.

Islamic Jihad is allied with Hamas. It said the hostage’s body was located in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

Under the October ceasefire deal, Hamas turned over all 20 living hostages still held in Gaza, in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian freedom fighters held in Israel.

The ceasefire agreement also included the return of the remains of 28 deceased hostages in exchange for the remains of 360 Palestinians.

Including Rudaeff, taken from the Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak, 23 hostage bodies have been returned in exchange for 285 bodies of Palestinians, though not all have been identified, according to Gaza’s health authorities.

Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 69,000 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, health officials in Gaza say.

The tenuous ceasefire has calmed most but not all fighting, allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to the ruins of their homes in Gaza.

Israel has withdrawn troops from positions in cities and some aid has been allowed in.