On October 13, as per the ceasefire deal, Hamas released all 20 remaining living Israeli captives in exchange for 250 Palestinians serving long prison sentences and 1,700 Palestinians disappeared by Israel since October 7, 2023.

A Hamas official says the group is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel.

Israel's army has been gradually marking out the yellow line with blocks on the ground, as a warning to both Hamas fighters and civilians. There are no demarcations along this part of the line yet - a soldier points it out to me, taking bearings from a small patch of sand between the grey crumbs of demolished buildings. ... The ceasefire is almost a month old, but Israeli forces say they are still fighting Hamas gunmen along the yellow line "almost every day".

Ran Gvili’s mother said she will join Netanyahu on his upcoming trip to the United States, and urged him and U.S. President Donald Trump to not move to the ceasefire’s next phase until her son’s remains are returned — a condition of the first phase of the truce. “I will not accept a situation where towers are being built and Gaza is being rehabilitated while my Ran is abandoned in the field,” Talik Gvili said. “I am traveling to the United States to remind everyone that Ran is not a number. He is an Israeli hero.” · The 24-year-old police officer was killed while fighting Hamas militants who were attacking a kibbutz on Oct.