Israel confirms body received from Gaza is missing soldier
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More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of the tenuous ceasefire.
Hamas says it has returned remains of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza since 2014. It's a sign of progress towards the next stage of the ceasefire. Meanwhile, President Trump's envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner,
Israel is still part of negotiations and "part of the conversation" on the aid distributions, but "decisions will be taken by the wider body," according to a US official familiar with the operation. The United States has replaced Israel in overseeing humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip,
Israel's military gave CBS News a rare look deep inside Gaza, where many questions still hang over the ruins of war and the future of 2 million Palestinians.
An Israeli government spokesperson says Turkish soldiers will not be deployed to Gaza as part of a multinational force that is meant to take over from the IDF. “There will be no Turkish boots on the ground,” spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian tells reporters in response to a question.
The BBC has been forced to correct two stories a week about the Gaza conflict since the Oct 7 attacks on Israel, The Telegraph can reveal.
Boycotts of Israeli universities, largely imposed in Europe, have multiplied since the start of the war and reflect Israel’s international isolation over its conduct in Gaza.
Officials have floated the idea of rebuilding the Israeli-controlled side of the enclave, arguing that it could offer Palestinians a positive alternative to Hamas.