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Israel Says It Has Received the Remains of 4 More Hostages, Cuts to Aid for Gaza
Hamas returned four deceased hostages as part of a ceasefire deal while 24 bodies remain unrecovered, complicating efforts to fully implement the agreement, officials said.
- On Monday, Hamas delivered the remains of four deceased hostages to Israel, with bodies expected to be honored in Re'im under military prayers.
- The ceasefire's first phase required Hamas to release all remaining 48 hostages, embedded in President Donald Trump's 20-point plan and a summit where the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye signed a peace declaration.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross coordinated the handover in southern Gaza, and forensic testing is underway on bodies named Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Daniel Perez and Yossi Sharabi.
- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum called Hamas's move a 'blatant breach' and urged mediators to halt implementation until all 28 deceased are returned.
- Observers cautioned the small number of bodies returned on Monday could complicate further exchanges and the ceasefire, while the Red Cross called recovery a 'massive challenge' amid rubble and burial sites.
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Israel says it has received the remains of 4 more hostages, cuts to aid for Gaza
Hamas hastened Tuesday to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages.
Hamas delays return of slain hostages
Israeli officials assert that intelligence indicates Hamas has not exerted sufficient effort to locate and return the outstanding bodies, despite ceasefire obligations. By Gila Isaacson, JFeed Israel has announced it will not reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Wednesday as stipulated in the recent ceasefire agreement, citing Hamas’s failure to return the bodies of all deceased hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The government will also …
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