DEIR AL-BALAH (AP) — Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said, a day after Hamas returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war.

He is marched into a corner, where Israeli soldiers have formed a barrier with riot shields, blocking the man from the view of a nearby security camera. He is surrounded and, as military guard dogs bark, there is movement from behind the shields.

Along Lebanon's border, Israel has continued demolitions and attacks despite a ceasefire in the country's war with Hezbollah last year.

Omer Neutra, a Plainview, N.Y. native​, was a captain with the IDF when he was kidnapped and killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.

The statement comes soon after Israel confirmed the killing of four Hezbollah members, further straining the fragile ceasefire agreement.View on euronews

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A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Turkey used its ties to Hamas to help persuade it to accept the Gaza truce. But the prospect of Turkey helping to rebuild and secure the enclave is alarming Israel.