By AFP
Hamas has handed over the bodies of four more Israelis to the Red Cross, bringing the number of released deceased captives to eight.
Israel says it will only allow half the agreed number of aid trucks into Gaza and has delayed the opening of the Rafah Crossing, citing the slow release of the dead captives. Some 20 bodies are still in Gaza.
US President Donald Trump calls on Hamas to disarm, warning, “If they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, and it will happen quickly and perhaps violently”.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 67,913 people and wounded 170,134 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.