Hamas to Resume Ceasefire Talks After Hostage Remains Returned
Militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from Israeli jails overnight in return for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.
Militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from Israeli jails overnight in return for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.
It was the final exchange of the six-week first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza that came into effect on Jan. 19.
Israel said on Thursday morning that three of the hostages whose bodies it had received overnight had been murdered in captivity, and the fourth had been killed on the day of the October 2023 Hamas raid into Israel that precipitated the war.