Palestine
Hamas handed over the remains of four more Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross, bringing returned bodies to eight while about 20 remained in Gaza.
After a U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage-prisoner swap in Gaza, Israel said Hamas withheld several bodies, prompting Israeli authorities to halve humanitarian aid and restrict crossings.
Thousands of Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons this week, and freed detainees said they had endured beatings, torture, humiliation and medical neglect during their incarceration.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, halting fighting and reopening crossings to allow renewed humanitarian aid, officials said.
Israel closed the Rafah crossing and sharply cut aid shipments to Gaza, saying Hamas had failed to meet terms and demanding return of abductees' bodies.
President Donald Trump convened a Middle East peace summit and hailed a Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases, and drew praise from rivals and world leaders.
Israeli officials said they would open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid and civilian movement amid the Gaza conflict.
Nasser al-Qudwa, Yasser Arafat's nephew and a former foreign minister, emerged as a leading candidate to head a postwar transitional government in Gaza and prepared to return.
