The Israeli prime minister's comments come after Hamas agreed to release hostages under a US-proposed peace plan.

Braslavski and Cohen spoke alongside family members of hostages whose remains are yet to be returned to Israel for burial. Former hostages Rom Braslavski and Nimrod Cohen spoke at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv,

Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and release some hostages and prisoners in an agreement that was first put forward by President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the Israeli military to carry out “immediate, powerful” strikes in Gaza.

Trump says Hamas will likely release all Israeli hostages by early next week, as the "first phase" of a deal to end the war in Gaza is expected to take effect soon.

The ceasefire’s first phase required the release of all hostages, living and dead. Hamas freed all 20 living hostages as required but has released the remains of only 15 of 28 hostages who were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, or subsequently in captivity.

Hamas announced on Wednesday that it had handed over all the hostages' remains it could access, presenting a major hurdle to the Gaza peace deal. The group has only handed over the remains of 10 people, one of whom Israel declared not a hostage, of the ...

(CNN) — Hamas will hand over the bodies of two Israeli hostages, the armed wing of the militant group said on Saturday. The exchange is scheduled for 10:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. ET), al-Qassam Brigades said. Hamas has so far only returned 10 of the ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas announced plans to hand over the remains of an additional hostage late Friday, after the militant group brought out bulldozers in Gaza to dig for such remains in a bid to shore up a tenuous ceasefire with Israel.