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Gaza, Israel and ceasefire

Israel-Gaza live updates: Crews search for bodies of Israeli hostages

As the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes hold, some aid has begun flowing into the Gaza Strip, where many Palestinians are returning home and beginning to reckon with the destruction caused by the two-year conflict.

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A fragile Gaza ceasefire is tested after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages

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Gaza ceasefire under pressure as Israel says repatriated body is not that of a hostage

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Israel prepares to receive hostage remains Hamas locates body in Gaza

The disclosure came after Israel and mediators applied pressure on the terror group to return the remains of the hostages in alignment with US President Donald Trump's agreement.

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Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire as delays in returning hostages’ bodies fray nerves

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Hamas gives Israel another hostage body, vows to return rest

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Israel identifies the remains of one more hostage while 9 Palestinians are killed in Gaza City

Israel says the remains of Eliyahu Margalit, a hostage handed over by Hamas, have been identified. Margalit, 76, was abducted on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.

Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to Red Cross, prime minister's office says

The handover came after Hamas’s military wing said it will hand over the body of a hostage that was pulled out Friday to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Israel returns more bodies of Palestinians as US downplays threat to Gaza ceasefire

After Hamas handed over two dead Israeli hostages overnight, Israel returns 30 dead Palestinians - a ratio agreed in the first phase of the peace deal.

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Israel identifies body of tenth hostage as a 75-year-old man as delicate truce enters second week

The body of a tenth deceased hostage returned to Israel from Gaza under the recent ceasefire deal has been identified as the truce entered a second week despite facing a number of tests and with the next steps unresolved.

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Rafah border crossing to reopen for people returning to Gaza, Palestinian officials say

The Palestinian embassy in Egypt says the Rafah border crossing will reopen Monday for people returning to the Gaza Strip, where the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 68,000.

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UN calls for Israel to open more Gaza crossings for surge in aid deliveries

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, has urged Israel to immediately open more crossings into the famine-stricken Gaza Strip to allow for a surge in aid deliveries.

What to know as Israel and Gaza await the release of hostages, prisoners, aid — and Trump’s visit

Preparations appeared underway for the freeing of the 48 hostages — both alive and dead — still in Gaza, and for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

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‘It’s a trickle – we need a flood’: Northern Gaza is still not seeing enough aid despite ceasefire, humanitarian agencies warn

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has allowed more aid to flow into Gaza – but obstacles remain, particularly in the north