JERUSALEM (AFP): The Red Cross said it facilitated the transfer of 15 Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Strip on Thursday after the last hostage held in the territory was returned to Israel earlier this week. “The International Committee of the Red Cross today facilitated the return of 15 deceased Palestinians to Gaza … This marks the completion of a months-long operation that reunited families and supported the implementation of the ceasefire agreement,” the ICRC said in a statement. Under the US-sponsored Gaza ceasefire deal, in effect since October 10, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned. Israeli forces on Monday brought home the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed in a statement that the return of the latest bodies brought the total number handed over by Israel to 360.