Israel to halve Gaza aid over slow return of dead hostages
Israel reduced humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza by half after Hamas returned only four of 28 deceased hostages, citing delays in fulfilling ceasefire terms, Israeli officials said.
- The Israeli military has accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire deal by slowly releasing remains of dead hostages, and will halve aid trucks allowed into Gaza as a result.
- So far, Hamas has handed over eight coffins of dead hostages, leaving at least 19 presumed dead and one unaccounted for still in the Gaza Strip.
- The mother of a hostage killed in captivity accused the Israeli government of "betraying" families whose loved ones remain in Gaza.
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Rafah Border Remains Closed by Israel as Dispute over Hostage Bodies Stalls Ceasefire Progress
Israel announced on Tuesday, 14 October, that the Rafah border crossing between Palestine and Egypt will remain closed, with the possibility of extending the closure, until Hamas hands over the remains of the hostages. The closure will sharply reduce the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave, according to three Israeli officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move follows what Israeli officials described as Hamas’s fai…
The body of the three-time father Ronen Engel, who was killed by Hamas, was supposed to be back in Israel by now, but the handover is delayed. In the profile interview, his brother Dani talks about the pain of not being able to close.
Israel blames Hamas for the slow return of the bodies of the hostages and threatens to restrict humanitarian aid if the Palestinian movement fails to meet its commitments.

There are still 20 dead hostages in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Trump are putting pressure on Hamas to comply with the ceasefire agreement, which is now reported to be handing over more bodies.The struggle to repatriate dead hostages in the Gaza Strip threatens the peace process. Israel accuses Islamist Hamas of violating the ceasefire agreement, as only eight corpses have been handed over to date, and thus less than a third of the 28 dead hostag…
Hamas did not return all the corpses: the hypothesis is that it wants to negotiate the release of Barghouti and the psalms of the Sinwar brothers. Israel closes the via ferra and reduces the flow of aid. Trump:
One day after the return of the last living Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip, the remains of four other Hamas hostages have been returned to Israel. Meanwhile, radical Islamic Hamas has published recordings of public executions in the Gaza Strip
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