44 h. ago Israel identifies body of hostage after Hamas hands over two bodies

Netanyahu threatens to keep Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt closed ‘until further notice’

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45 h. ago Israel receives bodies of two more hostages returned by Hamas

Relief agencies have called for the Rafah border crossing from Egypt to be reopened to speed the flow of food, fuel and medicines.

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4 d. ago Israel considers how to respond to Hamas’s failure to return bodies of all hostages

Possible responses include giving Hamas more time, cutting flow of humanitarian aid or threatening to end ceasefire

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4 d. ago Netanyahu says he's determined to secure return of all hostages, as Hamas searches rubble for bodies

Hamas returned the last 20 surviving hostages to Israel, and said it had handed back all the bodies of deceased captives that it could access.

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4 d. ago Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered as Israel threatens to resume fighting

Gaza ceasefire: Israel says Rafah crossing into Egypt will open at ‘a later stage’ and not on Thursday as planned

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5 d. ago Aid trucks move into Gaza as tensions flare over return of hostage bodies

Return of bodies has potential to upset ceasefire deal along with other major issues yet to be resolved

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5 d. ago Tensions rise as Israel says body released by Hamas was not that of a hostage

In all, Israel has been awaiting the return of the bodies of 28 deceased hostages.

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5 d. ago Aid trucks move into Gaza as Israel prepares to open main crossing

Israel says body handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage

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5 d. ago Israel says one of four bodies handed over by Hamas is not that of a hostage

Three of four bodies handed over on Tuesday night were identified as Israeli hostages.

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5 d. ago Israelis identifying second group of bodies from Hamas as fragile truce holds

Three of four bodies handed over on Tuesday night were identified as Israeli hostages but the identity of the fourth remained in question.

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5 d. ago Hamas hands over four more hostage bodies as 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza

Israel will allow Gaza’s key Rafah crossing to reopen on Wednesday for humanitarian aid.

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6 d. ago Red Cross ‘transferring four coffins with remains of Israeli hostages’

The move comes after an Israeli military agency threatened to halve the number of trucks allowed to bring aid to Gaza.

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6 d. ago Israel to limit flow of aid into Gaza over slow return of hostage bodies

Violence reported as Hamas attempts to reimpose authority in Palestinian territory amid fragile ceasefire

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6 d. ago Hamas fighters tighten grip on Gaza following public executions

Israel identifies bodies of four hostages handed over, Israeli troops open fire on suspects

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6 d. ago Missing bodies of hostages top list of uncertainties as Gaza ceasefire holds

On Tuesday, the Israeli military said troops in northern Gaza had ‘opened fire to remove the threat’ of several people approaching them.

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