Hamas has yet to hand over the bodies of at least 21 hostage remains still held in Gaza — a key requirement of the ceasefire agreement with Israel.
Families across Israel have now endured more than 700 days without the ability to bury their loved ones, making the issue a central test of the fragile truce.
“The urgent mission to which we are all committed now is to ensure the return of all the abducted bodies home,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote Monday on X. “Hamas’s announcement about the expected return of 4 bodies today is a failure to meet commitments.
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