Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional settler homes in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement watchdog said Monday. Israelis and Palestinians meanwhile marked the 500th day since Hamas' attack into Israel ignited the war in the Gaza Strip.

Israelis react as Palestinian militants hand over the hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip while they watch a live broadcast at the plaza known as the 'Hostages

Two medical professionals in Australia were suspended from their work at a hospital after they were filmed speaking about not treating and killing Israelis at work, local media reported on Wednesday.

Israel will free 602 Palestinian detainees on Saturday, including 50 sentenced to life imprisonment, in exchange for six Israeli captives.

A poll conducted by Maariv showed that 70% of Israelis support implementing the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal.

Negotiations for the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal “will happen this week”, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar says, after Israel gave mixed signals about its engagement. Hamas leader in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya says four Israeli captives’ bodies will be handed over in the war-torn enclave on Thursday and six living abductees on Saturday as part of the precarious ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The six Israelis were the last living captives set to be released in the first phase of the cease-fire. The agreement, strained for weeks, has an uncertain future.

Latest news as six hostages were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal but Palestinian detainees and prisoners were not.

Scores of Israelis lined the route of a convoy carrying the bodies of four Israeli hostages after Hamas released them on Thursday.

The bodies presumed to be of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.

The bodies of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending