Palestinian sources reported progress on Thursday in efforts to salvage the ceasefire in Gaza from its worst crisis yet, with a view to ensuring that Hamas releases Israeli hostages this

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed "revenge" after the Israeli military said one of the four bodies recently released by Hamas did not include a hostage.

A Hamas official told Newsweek the Israeli government may have staged the attack in a bid to undermine the ceasefire agreement.

Israel and Hamas on Sunday accused each other of violating the already fragile Gaza Strip ceasefire deal after Israel delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be exchanged for hostages.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned Hamas' parading of the coffins containing Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas and Oded Lifshitz.

Israel says the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is delayed “until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies” at handovers of Israeli captives in Gaza.

The Israeli military says the remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother.

A senior Hamas official said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave.

Monday is the 500th day of the war triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel. A tenuous ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has held for nearly a month.

Badenoch called for an investigation into any "potential collusion with Hamas" and the "possibility of payments" to terrorists.

The BBC has been accused of turning itself into a Hamas propaganda platform by airing a documentary about the Gaza Strip on Monday narrated by the son of a Hamas minister.