Palestinian militants hand over remains of two more hostages
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Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza
Netanyahu called the return of body parts a “clear violation” of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
Hamas handed over the remains of a deceased hostage on Monday as the Palestinian group came under increasing pressure to return its remaining deceased captives as promised under the Gaza ceasefire.Two weeks have passed since the deadline set in the agreement for the return of all 48 hostages,
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.
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.
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Netanyahu says Hamas violated Gaza ceasefire by returning remains not linked to missing hostages
Hamas has moved quickly to reassert control of parts of Gaza where Israeli forces had withdrawn after the ceasefire took hold. Uncertainty has lingered about the post-war governance of Gaza and security in the territory if the group is disarmed.
"It requires a lot of patience and a lot of persistence, and this is what we were made for," ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger told Newsweek.
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. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum and the Tzarfati family slammed Hamas and its continued psychological warfare,