Gaza, Hamas and hostages
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Over 100 Killed In Israeli Strikes Across Gaza
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Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 20 people, including children, after Israel accused Hamas of violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal and staging the discovery of a deceased hostage.
The video, filmed by an IDF drone that had been in the area, shows Hamas members placing Tzarfati's remains in a freshly dug hole before covering the remains with dirt.
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 50, rescuers say, after Hamas accused of killing Israeli soldier
US President Trump says "nothing" would jeopardise the two-week-old ceasefire despite the flare-up of violence.
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Sources: Israeli veto on Turkish or Qatari forces in Gaza forced mediators to only send Egyptian hostage-recovery team
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.
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.
Eitan and Iair Horn were kidnapped from Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and were held together in Gaza until Iair was released in February of 2025. Eitan was released in October 2025.
Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the body of a deceased hostage it recovered on Monday in Gaza at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT). (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Sharon Singleton) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.