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Kibbutz of Israeli hostage Sherry Pipas says that a new body handed over to Hamas on Friday is her salary.

“With deep pain and sadness, Kibbutz Nir Oz announces the killing of Sherry Pepas,” society said in a statement. Israeli forensic officials, who were examining the body after her death, did not confirm.

Israel said Hamas had previously handed over the remains of an unidentified woman.

It comes at a time when six live hostages are delivered by Hamas later on Saturday as part of the ceasefire deal. More than 600 Palestinian prisoners will be released.

A senior Hamas official confirmed that the delivery of the new body from Hamas to the Red Cross has occurred on Friday evening.

Israel had previously accused Hamas of violating the conditions of the ceasefire deal after the forensic test that the remains of Sherry Pipas were not delivered on Thursday.

The bodies of her children, Ariel and Kafir Pipas, were returned to Israel, as were from another hostage, Lifschitz.

Hamas claimed that the children and their mother were killed by the Israeli bombing, without providing evidence.

In a publication at X on Friday, Hamas spokesman, Ismail Thawabata, said that the remains of Sherry had been mixed with other bodies under the rubble after the air strike.

Israel opposed the claim that Ariel and Kafir Pipas They were killed in an air raid, where Israeli defense spokesman Daniel Hajari suggested a press conference “Forensic Results”, which BBC did not see, that the children were “deliberately”.

He said that the evidence had been shared with “Israel partners around the world so that they can check this.”

Sherry, Ariel and Kafir Pepas were 32 years old, four and nine months, when they were kidnapped during Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

They were taking hostages with the father of the children Yarden Pepas, 34, who was alive by Hamas on February 1.

In the Hamas attacks on October 7, about 1,200 people – most of them civilians – were killed – and 251 others returned to Gaza.

In response, Israel launched a huge military campaign against Hamas, which killed at least 4,8319 Palestinians – mainly civilians – according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.