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Israel Says Body Returned by Hamas Was Not That of A Hostage as Tensions Test Gaza Ceasefire
Hamas delivered four coffins to Israel late Tuesday, each thought to contain the remains of Israeli captives held in Gaza. But on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) disclosed that forensic tests at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine determined that “the fourth body handed over

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A fragile Gaza ceasefire is tested after Israel and Hamas swap detainees and hostages
Palestinians celebrate as prisoners are released by Israel under Gaza ceasefire deal
Missing bodies of hostages top the list of uncertainties as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds
The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hos...

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Israeli military says bodies of four more hostages are back in Israel with formal identification to take place
A Divided Israel Unites in Joy as Hostages Come Home
Hamas carries out wave of Gaza killings, citing crime and security concerns
Israel's military said it had received the first seven of 20 surviving hostages after their transfer out of Gaza by the Red Cross.

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Who are the 20 hostages who have been released from Gaza?
Hamas holds public executions, tightens grip on Gaza

Fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire after seven Palestinians killed and aid cut off

Hamas has also been filmed carrying out public executions of men accused of ‘collaborating’ with Israeli forces

Hamas reasserts control in a chaotic Gaza, posing a risk to the fragile ceasefire

Hamas has deployed hundreds of police and clashed with armed groups in Gaza in what the militant group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where Israeli troops have withdrawn for the U.

Gaza needs massive boost in emergency aid after ceasefire, UN relief chief says

The United Nations is seeking a dramatic boost in humanitarian aid for Gaza, saying the hundreds of relief trucks cleared to enter the devastated enclave under a ceasefire were nowhere near the thousands needed to ease a humanitarian disaster.

Humanitarian workers detail challenges getting aid into Gaza despite ceasefire

Humanitarian workers said they will face many challenges delivering aid to Gaza including border restrictions and trying to access destroyed roads.
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Vatican leaders urge renewal and change — not just rhetoric — after Gaza ceasefire

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa pushed for new leadership in Israel and the Palestinian territories and warned that 'peace must be prepared.'

Remaining challenges for the Gaza peace plan

President Trump hailed the Gaza peace agreement as the "dawn of a new Middle East," while addressing the Knesset on Monday. CBS News' Haley Ott and Natalie Brand have more details on what happens next for Gaza.

Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City, IDF says

Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has for two years waged a brutal and systematic war against Hamas, are returning home and beginning to reckon with the destruction caused by the conflict.
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