Thirteen families whose loved ones were taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack are still waiting for Hamas to return their remains from Gaza.

President Donald Trump gave Hamas a 48-hour ultimatum to return bodies of 13 deceased hostages or face consequences from countries involved in the Gaza peace deal.

Hamas on Tuesday staged the discovery of remains belonging to an Israeli hostage, with video showing the terrorists reburying a corpse and then flagging it to the Red Cross — further justifying

Egyptian excavation gear helped expand Hamas ’ search for the bodies of remaining hostages in Gaza on Saturday, while the group said Israel “clearly violated” the ceasefire with a strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Associated Press.

Hamas says it is expanding its search for the remains of hostages still left in Gaza. Sunday's announcement came a day after Egypt sent a team with heavy equipment to assist in the work.

After more than two years in captivity, the last 20 hostages abducted during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, have been released.

Israel rejected an initiative being advanced by the countries mediating the Gaza ceasefire that would have seen the creation of a multilateral team tasked with entering Gaza and retrieving the bodies of the remaining deceased hostages still in the Strip, two Arab diplomats tell The Times of Israel.

Hamas has said the return of the remaining bodies "may take some time" due to the destruction wrought in Gaza. Egyptian equipment and specialists have been deployed to Gaza to help locate and recover the bodies of Israeli hostages who remain missing.