"The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed until further notice, Israel has said, after the Palestinian embassy in Cairo said the territory's sole gateway to the outside world would reopen on Monday. The statement by Benjamin Netanyahu's office said reopening Rafah would depend on how Hamas fulfils its ceasefire role of returning the remains of all 28 dead hostages."
"Hamas has handed over the remains of 10 hostages and said it would hand over the remains of two more Saturday night. The handover of remains is among key points along with aid deliveries into Gaza and the devastated territory's future in the ceasefire process meant to end two years of war. Just like they took their captives, we want our captives. Bring me my son, bring all our kids back, said a tearful Iman Sakani, whose son went missing during the war."
Israel has said the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice and that reopening depends on Hamas returning the remains of all 28 dead hostages. Hamas has handed over the remains of 10 hostages and said it would hand over two more. The crossing has been closed since May 2024 when Israel took control of the Gaza side. A fully reopened crossing would ease medical travel, family visits, and aid flow into Gaza. Israel has returned 15 Palestinian bodies under the ceasefire, bringing that total to 135. Gaza's health ministry posts photos of unnamed bodies to help families identify them. Newly recovered bodies raised the Palestinian death toll above 68,000, the Red Cross reports thousands still missing, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 abducted in the initial militant attack.
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