Gaza militias emerge as Hamas regroups during ceasefire, with Palestinian fighters forming new forces to challenge the group's control in the territory.

The bodies of two deceased hostages are still thought to be in Gaza. Israeli authorities have been releasing Palestinian prisoners and the bodies of deceased Palestinians detainees in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday handed over the remains of one of the last two deceased hostages still in Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, under terms of the October ceasefire deal.

Israel confirmed the remains belonged to Dror Or, 48, who was abducted during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks. The bodies of two captives are believed to be still in Gaza.

Israel has received from the Red Cross a body that Hamas says is one of the last two deceased hostages remaining in Gaza, pending forensic identification.

Since the fragile truce started, Hamas has returned all 20 living hostages and 26 bodies in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian detainees and convicted prisoners, but two more deceased captives - an ⁠Israeli police officer and a Thai agricultural worker - are still in Gaza.

Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad returned the remains of another Israeli hostage in northern Gaza on Wednesday under a ceasefire agreement. The Israeli army confirmed that Red Cross teams received the coffin of a hostage, and were on their way to transfer the body to its troops inside Gaza.

Qatari mediators who helped put the cease-fire deal together are alarmed by the repeated fighting in Gaza and deadly airstrikes, which they warned could undo the already strained path to peace.

Hamas is set to hand over remains of a hostage in Gaza. Discover the latest developments regarding the situation and hostages.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began. The toll has continued to rise after the latest ceasefire took effect on Oct.

A Hamas commander and three other terrorists equipped with a slain Israeli soldier’s rifle were killed trying to escape a Gaza tunnel housing dozens of trapped operatives, the IDF said