Live Update: Hamas returns captive’s body as Gaza reels from Israeli aid curbs
- Hamas has handed over another deceased captive’s body from the Gaza Strip as part of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement with Israel.
- Negotiations are under way to allow about 150 Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels in southern Gaza behind Israel’s “yellow line” to hand over their weapons and walk free.
- President Donald Trump says he expects a US-coordinated international stabilisation force to be on the ground in Gaza “very soon”, adding despite repeated Israeli violations, the ceasefire “is working out very well”.
- Israel’s defence chief orders the army to “destroy all terror tunnels in Gaza” as air raids and artillery fire pound southern Khan Younis despite the truce.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,875 Palestinians and wounded 170,679 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and about 200 taken captive.
