Gaza officials to bury unidentified bodies of 38 Palestinians returned by Israel

Gaza health ministry on Monday decided to bury the bodies of 38 Palestinians who were being held by Israel after it "became impossible to identify them", Al Jazeera reported.

Israel handed over the bodies of 15 more Palestinian prisoners as part of the exchange deal on Monday. 

The absence of testing equipment due to the Israeli blockade and the destruction of laboratories in Gaza has made the identification process difficult.