News brief
Officials and families warned Hamas to hand over the bodies of those still held. Amid a fragile truce that paused the two-year war, Palestinians were awaiting a long-promised surge of aid into Gaza, and plans for an international force to deploy there were beginning to take shape.聽In exchange for the release of the hostages, Israel freed around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees Monday.聽Since then, Hamas has returned 10 bodies, nine of which Israel鈥檚 military has identified as hostages. Israel said there were 28 total in Gaza before the exchange.
