Gaza, Hamas and Israel
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Egypt is taking the lead in Gaza's stabilization efforts, coordinating with global partners to ensure peace and aid delivery. Egypt appears to be the Arab country that is most willing to take the lead on various issues in Gaza.
Israel allows Egypt and Red Cross teams into Gaza as search for hostage bodies widens - Israel claims that Hamas knows where the bodies of hostages are located, but Hamas claims there are obstacles to
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza, the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt said Saturday, but the territory's sole gateway to the outside world will remain closed to people trying to leave.
Israel has accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire by allegedly withholding remains of hostages. Hamas has repeatedly stated that it is difficult to locate all the bodies of the hostages because many are buried under the rubble of Israeli-destroyed infrastructure.
Egypt sent a team of experts into the Gaza Strip this weekend to help locate the bodies of deceased hostages as part of an international effort to shore up the fragile ceasefire in the territory, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Sunday.
President Trump will address the Knesset, Israel's parliament, and visit Egypt before returning for Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.
Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt
Negotiators from Hamas, Israel and the United States began indirect talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with President Donald Trump saying they were down to the “final details.”