The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
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The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Had President Donald Trump not been re-elected, terrorist entities would try to “wipe out” the State of Israel, Sen. Rick Scott told a packed crowd in Las Vegas.
Militants had previously returned the remains of 15 hostages since the start of the ceasefire, with 13 more still to be recovered.
Israel announced it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.
Israel has retrieved thousands of items belonging to the country’s most famous spy after a covert operation in Syria.
Arab leaders at an annual summit in Baghdad called Saturday for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Israel said Saturday it launched a major military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages.
The strikes across the Gaza Strip came as President Donald Trump wrapped up a visit to the region that included stops in three Gulf states but not Israel.
Last year’s event in Sweden drew large demonstrations calling for Israel to be kicked out of the contest over its conduct in the war against Hamas in Gaza.
The Israeli military confirmed that 21-year-old Edan Alexander was turned over to the Red Cross and then to Israeli forces, and had crossed into Israeli territory.
Hamas said the last living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into Israeli-blockaded territory and delivery of aid.
Hamas released a video Saturday showing hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef-Haim Ohana, who appeared under duress.
Last month, Israeli police and Education Ministry officials ordered six schools in east Jerusalem to close within 30 days.
No Israeli officials have reached out to the Bohbot family to say the number of hostages believed to be alive had changed.
Officials say Turkey’s intelligence service thwarted a remote attack using pagers in Lebanon, days after similar attacks by Israel killed dozens, including members of the Hezbollah terrorist group.
The strikes came hours before President Donald Trump said the United States would stop striking the Houthis, who he said had “capitulated” and agreed to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea.
Israel has blocked humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended the latest ceasefire with Hamas in March.
Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria.