Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages Monday, and Israel released more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Donald Trump visited the region to discuss postwar plans.

The Israeli military has confirmed that one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday night, October 14, did not belong to an Israeli hostage, reigniting tensions and raising fresh questions about compliance with the ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “give peace a chance” now that the final Israeli hostages have been released from Gaza — though he refused to commit to a two-state solution.

Hamas is carrying out a wave of retribution executions and asserting its control in areas of the Gaza Strip where Israel has withdrawn, highlighting the challenge facing President Trump to get the

THE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED!” President Trump wrote on Truth Social hours after returning from his trip to Israel and Egypt celebrating the cease-fire deal that freed

Israel accused Hamas of violating a days-old ceasefire agreement with the slow release of the remains of dead hostages.

UN Secretary General António Guterres on Wednesday called on all parties to adhere to the agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas on the first phase of a US-backed Gaza peace plan.

Israeli officials said Israel had decided to restrict aid and delay plans to open the southern border crossing to Egypt because Hamas had violated the ceasefire deal by failing to turnover the bodies of hostages who had died after being captured in Hamas's invasion of Israel in October 2023.

President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset and celebrated the release of 20 Hamas hostages and declared the end of an age of terror Monday.

I srael will allow Gaza's Rafah crossing to reopen on Wednesday for humanitarian aid to enter from Egypt into the Palestinian territory, Israeli public broadcaster KAN said. "Six hundred trucks of humanitarian aid will be dispatched (Wednesday) to the Gaza Strip by the UN,

There were empty chairs after a walkout and some street protests. Here is what Netanyahu had to say as the 2-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks approaches.