An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

Hamas militants killed two Israeli soldiers in Rafah, violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement before Israel responded with strikes and restored the truce.

Israel strikes targets in Gaza and halts the arrival of aid after it said Hamas militants fired on Israeli troops.

President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas as the end of the war in Gaza and start of rebuilding the devastated territory.

Israel launched deadly strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, saying they were in response to attacks by Hamas militants, as the nine-day-old ceasefire in the Palestinian territory came under heavy strain.

Israel said the remains of another hostage that Hamas handed over the day before were identified as Eliyahu Margalit, as the Palestinian militant group looks for more bodies under the rubble in the Gaza Strip and urges more aid to be allowed into the embattled enclave.