Israel identifies body of returned hostage
Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas yesterday as Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, the Israeli prime minister's office said.
Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas yesterday as Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, the Israeli prime minister's office said.
Israel said that remains returned from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday do not belong to either of the two captives still in the enclave.
The radical Palestinian movement has announced the transfer of another deceased hostage's remains to Israeli authorities, with only one body of a captive remaining in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House for talks, following their telephone conversation.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed three senior Hamas commanders. This follows an earlier operation in Rafah that resulted in the deaths of five militants.
The Palestinian radical movement Hamas is moving to become a political party, the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.
Palestinian militants have transferred the remains of another deceased hostage to Israeli military for thetransportation and identification procedures.
The body of one of the three hostages yet to be returned to Israel has been found in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas warned that Israeli violations could undermine the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, official representative of the radical organization Hazem Qasim said.
An armed terrorist infiltrated the Yellow Line, IDF reports
23 people were killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip
The UN Security Council has adopted a U.S. draft resolution supporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip. Of 15 UN Security Council members 13 voted for the document, while Russia and China abstained.
The United States is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a “green zone” under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a “red zone” to be left in ruins.
U.S. envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff is planning to meet with chief negotiator of Hamas Khalil al-Hayya soon, according to sources.
Hamas is strengthening control over Gaza areas that have been abandoned by Israeli troops under the ceasefire deal, Reuters reported.
Israel continues to await the bodies of three more hostages from Gaza, following the return and identification of the 25th body yesterday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Hamas is prepared to take constructive steps to make the current Gaza ceasefire permanent.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner reached an agreement to remove about 200 Hamas fighters from Rafah in southern Gaza.
The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is quite fragile, and we shouldn't be complacent, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said.
Hamas has notified the mediators about its readiness to withdraw its forces from Israel-controlled areas in the Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official Ismail Radwan said.