US EditionMissing bodies of hostages top the list of uncertainties as fragile Gaza ceasefire holds
- On Monday, 20 living Israeli hostages and four deceased hostages were returned from Gaza under a United States-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.
- Israel agreed to free at least 250 Palestinians and about 1,700 Gazans and pull back to the so-called yellow line, while Hamas returned only four bodies on Monday.
- Photographs and military statements showed the reception of freed men at Re'im military base before their transfer to Israeli hospitals, with some families saying recovery could take weeks; the Israeli military identified Guy Illouz and Bipin Joshi among the deceased.
- The ceasefire held Tuesday amid lingering complications as Hamas’s disarmament remains uncertain and the 24 unaccounted bodies keep families awaiting closure.
- The United States expects to oversee the agreement's next phases, with the U.N., European Union and World Bank estimating $70 billion needed and an interim committee of international technocrats proposed.
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In the midst of his triumphal speech in the Israeli Parliament, U.S. President Donald Trump had time to refer to the trial of alleged corruption still facing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that apparently the White House tenant, it would be worth forgetting after the peace agreement with Hamas.Among many interests and with many blames to be borne by Israel and the world, “Bibi” is seeking to extract as much political credit as possible f…
Israeli officials and hostage families have accused Hamas of violating the new ceasefire agreement by failing to immediately return the remains of many of the former captives still in Gaza. The truce agreement required the immediate surrender of all remaining bodies in Gaza, but recognized that some could be difficult to locate and could take longer to recover due to the destruction. Gaza was heavily urbanized before the war, but two years of Is…
Despite the fact that US President Donald Trump has already taken for granted the end of the war between Israel and Hamas and the arrival of peace in the region, the reality is that there is still a way to go. The ceasefire has already entered into force, all the living hostages have been released and humanitarian aid has begun to enter Gaza. The next stage of the plan — which is already under discussion — contemplates the demilitarization of Ha…
Missing Bodies Of Hostages Top List Of Uncertainties Amid Fragile Gaza Peace
The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding even as complex issues remained ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza.
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