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Hamas Has Now Handed Over Remains of 13 Dead Hostages

15 remain in Gaza as Israel pushes militant group to act faster

(Newser) - The body of a thirteenth hostage was turned over to Israel by Hamas Monday night, leaving the remains of 15 hostages still in Gaza, the Times of Israel reports. The release of the body of Tal Haimi, 41, who was killed while defending Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak during the Oct. 7,...

US, Other Powers Try to Shore Up Peace Deal

Clashes could lead to increased American control over implementation of peace agreement

(Newser) - Israel's strikes Sunday on southern Gaza, and Hamas' fire at Israeli soldiers, set off a scramble among the US and other powers to save the peace deal. "This is a bold violation of the ceasefire ," an Israeli military official told CBS News . The Israeli government had notified...

New Violence in Gaza Is Ceasefire's Biggest Test Yet
Israel Carries Out
Strikes in Gaza
Oct 19, 2025 7:50 AM CDT

Israel Carries Out Strikes in Gaza

It accused Hamas of firing at soldiers, which the group denies

(Newser) - The new peace between Israel and Hamas faced its biggest test to date on Sunday:
  • Israel said it carried out aerial and artillery strikes in southern Gaza after Hamas militants shot at soldiers inside the area still under Israeli control, reports the Guardian .
  • Hamas, though, denied attacking Israeli forces. "
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Israel Identifies the Remains of Another Hostage

76-year-old Eliyahu Margalit is the 10th body returned by Hamas, with 18 left to find

(Newser) - Israel says the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before have been identified as Eliyahu Margalit, reports the AP , as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under the rubble in the Gaza Strip and urges more aid to be allowed into the embattled enclave....

Trump Warns Hamas to Stop Killing People

If they don't, 'we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday warned Hamas "we will have no choice but to go in and kill them" if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza. The grim warning from Trump came after he previously downplayed the internal violence in the territory since a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and...

Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Show Signs of Torture: Doctors

Bodies returned without names as families asked to help ID

(Newser) - Doctors in Gaza say nearly all of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal have evidence of torture and execution, the Guardian reports. The bodies, which arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis via the International Committee of the Red Cross,...

Israel Receives Bodies of 2 More Hostages

Though remains have not been identified yet

(Newser) - Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage . The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war. The coffins carrying the remains were...

Hamas Says It Has Done All It Can to Return Bodies

Trump calls search for hostages' remains in Gaza a 'gruesome process'

(Newser) - Hamas says it has done what it can in returning Israeli hostages' remains but claims it needs special equipment to recover any more bodies, potentially putting its fragile ceasefire with Israel on the line. The Israeli military said the two caskets believed to contain the remains of hostages were...

IDF: Of 8 Remains We've Received, One Wasn't a Hostage

Hamas has yet to comment

(Newser) - A body returned to Israel by Hamas under President Trump's ceasefire deal is not that of any known hostage, the Israeli military said Wednesday. The IDF said forensic tests confirmed the body delivered Tuesday does not match any of the 28 hostages believed to have died in Gaza. The...

4 More Bodies of Israeli Hostages Expected to Be Released Soon

7 of the 8 released so far have been identified

(Newser) - Israel on Wednesday identified more bodies of dead hostages that were handed over by Hamas a day earlier to ease pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel. The handover came after an Israeli military agency warned it would slash aid deliveries to Gaza as the militant group...

Israel Cuts Gaza Aid in Clash Over Hostage Remains

'The job IS NOT DONE,' Trump says

(Newser) - Israel is pressuring Hamas to return the remains of hostages still believed to be in Gaza, but the widespread devastation in the territory is making the process difficult. Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas was supposed to immediately return all remaining bodies, but on Monday, only four of the 28 dead...

Hamas' New Problem: Finding Hostages' Remains in Rubble

Red Cross warns recovery of all bodies may not be possible, a threat to ceasefire deal

(Newser) - The Red Cross warned Tuesday that returning the remains of hostages killed during the Israel-Hamas conflict will be a "massive challenge" that could take days or weeks—and may never be fully completed, reports Reuters . One huge obstacle: locating bodies amid the widespread destruction in Gaza. So far, only...

Hamas' Grisly New Message: Public Executions

Militant group is looking to quickly reassert its control over Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas has sought to reassert its authority in Gaza in graphic fashion, carrying out public executions of alleged Israeli collaborators just after after its ceasefire with Israel took effect. A video shared widely on Monday showed Hamas fighters executing seven or eight men in Gaza City, report Reuters and the...

Trump Urges Mideast Leaders to Put 'Old Feuds' Aside

President addresses peace summit in Egypt after Israel visit

(Newser) - President Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a global summit on Gaza's future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a US-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.
  • The whirlwind trip, which included the summit in Egypt
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A Look at the Freed Israeli Hostages

'We did not give up,' says one family

(Newser) - "After two years of suffering, he is here," says the family of Evyatar David, 24, in a statement cited by the BBC . "We did not give up faith, we did not lose hope," says the family of Bar Kupershtein, 23. Those two men were among the...

Israel Rolls Out Some New Trump Hats
Israel Rolls Out
Some New Trump Hats
Oct 13, 2025 10:59 AM CDT

Israel Rolls Out Some New Trump Hats

MAGA-style 'Trump the Peace President' caps made their debut in the Knesset on Monday

(Newser) - Ahead of President Trump's address in Israel on Monday to herald the Israeli-Hamas peace plan, the Times of Israel reports that the Knesset handed out a little something to remind him of home: Red MAGA-style caps emblazoned with a different, more personalized message, "TRUMP THE PEACE PRESIDENT."...

Key to Peace Deal: Rare Meeting With Hamas Reps

Witkoff, Kushner met with top group officials in Egypt to help cinch agreement

(Newser) - A rare face-to-face meeting last week between two of President Trump's envoys and senior Hamas leaders proved pivotal in clinching a Gaza peace deal, reports Axios . The two envoys were Steve Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, who had been given permission by Trump before their trip to...

Trump in Israel: It's the 'Dawn of a New Middle East'

President addresses the Knesset after the release of hostages

(Newser) - President Trump was addressing the Israeli parliament on Monday to celebrate the release of the remaining hostages taken by Hamas, and he proclaimed the "dawn of a new Middle East" to lawmakers. Highlights:
  • "After so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today the skies are calm,
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'You Are Coming Home!' All Israeli Hostages Are Freed

The 20 are being reunited with their families as part of ceasefire deal

(Newser) - All 20 of the living hostages held by Hamas are free. The militant group released them on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal brokered last week by the US, reports the AP . In exchange, Israel began sending busloads of freed Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank city of Ramallah,...

Release of Israeli Hostages, Palestinian Prisoners Is Nigh

As more aid streams into Gaza

(Newser) - A ceasefire in the war in Gaza was holding for the third day on Sunday as aid agencies worked to rush in more desperately needed aid to the besieged territory under the truce deal. Preparations were also underway for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners...

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