The body was being taken to be formally identified, the Israeli military said. Earlier, Netanyahu said Israel was due to receive the body of Hadar Goldin, a soldier who was killed in an ambush by Hamas during a previous conflict in 2014 and whose body has been held in Gaza since then. Hamas's armed wing also said on Sunday that it would hand over Hadar Goldin's body. If the body is confirmed to be Lt Goldin's, Hamas will have returned all 20 living hostages and 24 out of 28 deceased hostages under the first phase of a ceasefire deal.

Netanyahu said Lt Goldin's family would now be able to give him a Jewish burial and reiterated his intention to bring back the bodies of all deceased hostages. "We have returned 250 so far. We will bring them all back," he said. On Saturday Lt Goldin's family said "an entire nation is waiting for Hadar to be returned to us". "We are waiting for official confirmation that Hadar has returned to Israel. We don't give up on anyone in this country, ever. We ask everyone to remain calm. Until it's final, it's not over," the family said in a statement. (BBC)