Hamas claims to have handed over all hostage bodies it can access, but Israel considers restricting aid to Gaza over delayed hostage handover. The two coffins containing the remains of deceased hostages are now in Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The remains are being transported to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for formal identification. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has called on the military to prepare a plan to defeat Hamas if the war in Gaza resumes. The ceasefire agreement required Hamas to return all living and deceased hostages within 72 hours, but the group has only handed over about a third of the remaining 28 deceased hostages. Trump has warned that if Hamas won't uphold the ceasefire deal, Israeli forces could resume fighting in Gaza. The Rafah border crossing remains closed to humanitarian aid, and only 300 aid trucks have entered Gaza, not the full 600 agreed to in the ceasefire deal. The Red Cross has received two coffins with deceased hostages, and Hamas's military wing says it needs special equipment to access the remaining bodies. The Palestinian health ministry reports that 90 Palestinian bodies held by Israel have been transferred to Gaza, and violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups across Gaza. The Israeli military urges the public to act with sensitivity and wait for official identification. The mother of a freed hostage, Alon Ohel, calls for unity and healing. Four to five bodies of deceased hostages are expected to be returned to Israel from Gaza tonight. The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights expresses deep concern about executions in the Gaza Strip. The UN Human Rights Office says the Israeli military continues to kill civilians in Gaza. The US Central Command chief calls on Hamas to stop shooting civilians. The International Committee of the Red Cross transports 45 deceased Palestinians back into Gaza. The World Food Programme and the United Nations express concerns about delayed or reduced aid flow as Palestinians return to devastated areas in Gaza. The Israeli government's decision to withhold relief from Palestinians in Gaza is criticized as 'outrageous' by an aid worker. The Israeli military says one of the bodies released overnight did not belong to an Israeli hostage. The Israeli government has told the UN that the expected number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza will be reduced or delayed due to the limited number of deceased hostages released by Hamas. The US-brokered ceasefire and hostage release deal must allow Palestinians to be free from occupation and Israeli apartheid, according to a Palestinian politician. The US-drafted plan has several sticking points, including Hamas' disarmament, whether Israel will leave Gaza, and the US' stance on a concrete pathway to the state of Palestine.
