Live: Red Cross receives body that Hamas says belonged to a Gaza hostage, IDF says
• Oct 20, 2025, 9:13 AM
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The Red Cross has received a coffin containing a body that Hamas has said belongs to a Gaza hostage, the Israeli military said Monday. The body would be the 13th to be returned by Hamas since the start of a US-brokered ceasefire. The truce faced its first real test this weekend as Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza after two of its soldiers were killed in an attack it blamed on Hamas. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
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Ceasefire in Gaza tested amid new strikes and talks
• 4:00 PM
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Israel has reinstated the Gaza ceasefire and reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing for aid, but tensions remain. Palestinians accuse Israel of violating the truce, with nearly 100 killed in recent strikes. Israel says the attacks responded to the deaths of
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Gaza stabilisation force requires a 'political horizon for the manifestation of a Palestinian state'
• 2:52 PM
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Despite repeated bursts of violence in the week since the truce was agreed, the U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to urge the start of the second phase of the ceasefire plan. Monday's incident, i
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Live: Red Cross receives body that Hamas says belonged to a Gaza hostage, IDF says
• 9:13 AM
1 min
The Red Cross has received a coffin containing a body that Hamas has said belongs to a Gaza hostage, the Israeli military said Monday. The body would be the 13th to be returned by Hamas since the start of a US-brokered ceasefire. The truce faced its firs
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Israel resumes Gaza ceasefire
• 8:13 AM
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Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced a major test Sunday after Israeli strikes killed militants in response to the deaths of two soldiers. Aid deliveries were briefly halted but are set to resume Monday, according to an Israeli official. The military later sai
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Iranian-backed Houthis detain two dozen UN employees in Sanaa raid
• 1:46 AM
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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained around two dozen United Nations employees in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday, in what UN officials described as a serious escalation of the rebels’ crackdown on international organisations operating in areas under th
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