Trump hints at 'action' if Hamas doesn't return hostage bodies
The bodies of 13 deceased hostages are believed to still be in Gaza.
U.S. officials -- including Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner -- traveled to Israel this week for high-level meetings, discussing the next steps in the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire deal by withholding the bodies of the remaining 13 deceased hostages thought to have died during or after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas has said the return of the remaining bodies "may take some time" due to the destruction.
Key Headlines
- Egyptian resources deployed in Gaza to help locate, recover Israeli hostage remains
- Netanyahu says Israel, not US, will decide security policy
- Trump hints at 'action' if Hamas doesn't return hostage bodies 'quickly’
- Rubio says West Bank annexation would 'threaten this whole process'
- Aid allowed into Gaza is still falling short of what is needed, WHO head says
Final 13 living hostages have crossed into Israel
The final 13 released hostages have crossed the border into Israeli territory and are headed to reunite with their families, Israeli officials said.
Photos show Trump, Netanyahu meeting
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office released photos of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with President Donald Trump at the Knesset.
Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier met Trump at the airport in Tel Aviv.
Palestinian prisoners en route to Gaza
Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons are now on their way to Gaza, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office.
The final 13 freed hostages are identified
The final 13 hostages who were handed over to the Red Cross on Monday have been identified by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.
The office identified them as: David and Ariel Kunio, Avinan Or, Elkana Buhbot, Rom Breslavsky, David Avitar, Eitan Horn, Maxim Harkin, Nimrod Cohen, Segev Kalfon, Matan Tsengauker, Yosef-Chaim Ohana and Bar Kuperstein.
"Their families have been informed by the authorized authorities that they have joined our forces in the Gaza Strip and will soon make their way to Israeli territory," the prime minister’s office said. "The Israeli government, the security establishment, the Coordinator of the National Repatriation Service and the Directorate of Abductees, Missing Persons and Returnees in the Prime Minister's Office will accompany them and their families throughout the entire absorption and rehabilitation process."