The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday confirmed the receipt of a coffin containing the body of a deceased hostage from Hamas, transferred via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the Gaza border, as part of the ongoing implementation of the US-brokered ceasefire agree
At least 1,180 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas's attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 50 remaining hostages, around 30 are believed to be dead.
Israeli residents of Gaza border communities will be allowed to return to their homes as the Israeli government declared on Sunday that there is "no security impediment" to living in the area.
Under the terms of the law, which passed its final reading in the Knesset plenum by a vote of 37-0, the government will lead an accelerated seven-year recovery plan, reinforcing the Takuma Directorate's role in regional restoration.
COGAT also said that it has coordinated pick-up at various hours, expanded routes to improve traffic to the crossings, set up a tactical pause along the route leading to and from Kerem Shalom, and much more.
During the past month, Israeli combat engineers have destroyed approximately 50 Hamas tunnel routes in the area of the Egypt-Gaza border, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday. The announcement came as Israeli and Arab leaders were due to resume ceasefire negotiations in Qatar.
The IDF said that the pause will take place between 8 am to 7 pm each day along a road from the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Salah a-Din road, and then northward toward the Khan Younis area.
Israeli fighter jets struck operational tunnel shafts, an anti-tank missile launch post and Hamas terror infrastructure in northern and central Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Tuesday morning
The Israel Defense Forces notified residents of Nahal Oz, one of the Gaza-border communities devastated by Hamas's attack, that they may return to the kibbutz.