In Gaza, Hamas paraded the coffins with the bodies on a stage designed for the handover to the Red Cross in a ceremony watched by locals and with loud music. With messages blaming the IDF and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the deaths of hostages being returned,

Israelis who want the deal completed understand that Trump is the only powerful-enough person to force Netanyahu’s hand on this issue.

Hamas warned the mediating countries, Qatar, Egypt, and the US, that it would not proceed with the next phase of the hostage release scheduled for Saturday.

Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza stuck a sticker with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a road which they poured red

Succumbing to pressure from the outgoing Biden administration, world opinion, and some of his fellow Israelis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to another cease-fire in its war with Hamas,

Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit and would find a way for him to do so without being arrested under a warrant by the International Criminal Court.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he would invite him to Germany in defiance of an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Israeli prime minister's office said on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing public backlash after the bodies of four Israeli hostages were returned from Gaza on Thursday.

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.

We are all enraged at the monsters of Hamas,” Mr Netanyahu said in a video statement, adding: “We will return all our hostages, destroy the murderers, eliminate Hamas and together - with God’s help - we will secure our future.

ISRAEL has demanded Hamas thugs face “hell” after they put on a twisted parade using the locked coffins of four killed hostages. The remains of the youngest Israeli hostage Kfir, 2,