Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept deal extending ceasefire
Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza daily since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19, and it was unclear what the immediate impact of the aid cutoff would be.
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Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza daily since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19, and it was unclear what the immediate impact of the aid cutoff would be.
Israel announced it is blocking the entry of goods and humanitarian aid from entering Gaza as the first phase of the ceasefire ended and negotiations on a second phase have faltered. Debora Patta reports.
Israel's government said early Sunday it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover.
The first phase of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is set to expire this weekend. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more on what's next.
Israeli negotiators will be heading to Cairo to try and maintain the country's ceasefire deal with Hamas. The news comes hours after the final hostage-prisoner exchange that was part of the ceasefire's first phase. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.
The findings could pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a widely demanded broader inquiry to examine the political decision-making that preceded the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
In the final exchange of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas released the bodies of four hostages and Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The six-week first phase ends on Saturday and details of a second phase are still to be determined. CBS News' Debora Patta has the latest.
At around the same time as the bodies of the hostages were handed over, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel's Ofer prison.
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Hamas said it returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. This was the final hostage release under the first phase of the ceasefire. Negotiations have yet to begin on phase two. BBC News correspondent Sebastian Usher reports.
Hamas has released the remains of four more hostages. In exchange, Israel has freed more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. It comes as thousands of Israelis lined highways to mourn the deaths of a mother and her two young sons who were killed in captivity in the Gaza Strip. Debora Patta reports.
There is new concern for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas after six more Israeli hostages were released over the weekend, the last in the first phase of the deal. Meanwhile, Israel refused to release hundreds of prisoners and Hamas said it will not negotiate the next step. CBS News' Debora Patta has more.
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The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas was said to have been returned earlier this week, but Israeli forces said it was the body of an unidentified Gazan woman.
It was an agonizing week for Israelis after Hamas failed to hand over the body of Shiri Bibas, but her remains were eventually sent back overnight. Debora Patta reports.
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Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.
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Overnight, Hamas freed six more Israeli hostages in Gaza. The release is happening despite heightened tensions between Hamas and Israel after the terror group handed over a body that was misidentified as Shiri Bibas, a mother of two. Today, her family said the correct remains have been returned.
Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.
Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still holding despite Israel's anger over a return of remains earlier this week. Debora Patta reports.
Hamas is vowing to investigate why Shiri Bibas' body was not one of the four returned to Israel this week alongside her two young sons. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
Israeli forces have announced that none of the bodies returned by Hamas Thursday belonged to Shiri Bibas, as originally believed. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more on that and a series of bus explosions near Tel Aviv.
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense forces announced one of the bodies received was not Shiri Bibas. CBS News contributor Robert Berger has more.
Hamas released four bodies, including the youngest captive taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, Kfir Bibas, and his brother.