Hamas on Saturday released all six remaining living Israeli hostages promised under the first stage of the ongoing cease-fire deal — as one heartbroken family finally received the remains of a

At around the same time as the bodies of the hostages were handed over, a Red Cross convoy carrying dozens of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel's Ofer prison.

U.S. Senate leaders condemn the participation of the Red Cross in the public displays orchestrated by the terrorist organization.

Another weekend, another grotesque spectacle in Gaza. Hamas released its latest handful of Israeli hostages as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement which is expected to expire next week.

Hamas late on Friday handed over another body, which Bibas’s family confirmed to be hers. "Last night, our Shiri was returned home," the family said in a statement, which said she had been identified by Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine.

Since the deal was struck, there’s been a vibe shift in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is buoyed by the return of US President Donald Trump and under pressure from far-right members of his own cabinet to return to war. The Gaza ceasefire looks increasingly like it may end up being a fleeting interlude.

Hamas said it would exchange the bodies of four Israeli hostages for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.The United States said talks were on track for a second phase of the ceasefire deal that has largely held but whose complexity and long-drawn-out implementation have highlighted its fragility.

Al-Sayed, whose release was conducted in private, is from the Arab Israeli Bedouin community in Israel and was seized in 2015 after crossing into Gaza on his own. Six Israeli hostages are now back in Israel after being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza.

Hamas will hand over the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday in what it said would be an exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, capping the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.

Hamas handed over the coffins of four hostages early Thursday, Israeli authorities confirmed, followed soon after by the return of hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank and Gaza.

The brutal treatment sparked global condemnation, including from Saudi Arabia's grand mufti, who denounced the display as "a disgrace to Islam."