The Israeli government says it has allowed a member of Hamas into territory in Gaza controlled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to help Red Cross and Egyptian personnel search for the bodies of 13 remaining dead hostages.

The remains returned to Israel by Hamas on Monday night do not belong to any of the missing deceased hostages, according to an Israeli official and an Israeli source familiar with the matter.

The latest coffin handed over to Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas contained the remains of an Israeli hostage whose body was recovered by the military almost two years ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would consult with the defence establishment over Israel's response to Hamas' ceasefire deal "violations", after the group on Monday handed over the remains of a hostage who,

Israeli authorities said Monday they had received the coffin of a deceased hostage from Gaza. The remains will be formally identified at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA) said in a joint statement.

The IDF said late on Monday that the coffin of a deceased hostage had been transferred to the Red Cross and was on the way to IDF troops in Gaza. Tzarfati’s family claimed they

The latest coffin handed over to Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is believed to hold remains of a hostage who was already returned, Israeli media outlets reported on Tuesday. If the latest remains are not identified as those of a hostage still missing,