A body was recovered in Gaza's Khan Younis on Tuesday (October 28) during the search for missing hostages taken during Hamas militants' attack on southern Israel in October 2023.

Live Reuters video showed masked Hamas militants carrying a body on a stretcher as crowds gathered around an excavation site, shortly before heavy machinery started moving sand back over the hole.

Hamas said it would hand over to Israel the body of a missing hostage found in a tunnel in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group of violating the ceasefire in the enclave by turning over the wrong remains.

Netanyahu earlier on Tuesday said tests had shown that remains handed over the previous day belonged to a hostage whose body had been recovered earlier in the war, and not one of 13 still missing.

He said Israel would respond to the violation.

Hamas said it was complying with the ceasefire terms and Netanyahu was looking for excuses to back away from Israel's obligations.

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SHOWS: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (OCTOBER 28, 2025)(REUTERS - Access all)

1. EXCAVATORS AT SITE OF SEARCH FOR HOSTAGE BODIES

2. MASKED HAMAS MILITANTS APPROACHING EXCAVATION SITE

3. PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND EXCAVATION

4. VARIOUS OF MASKED HAMAS MILITANTS CARRYING BODY ON STRETCHER, PLACING IT INTO AMBULANCE

5. EXCAVATORS MOVING SAND BACK INTO PLACE