The U.S. is deploying troops to oversee the next phase of the Gaza peace deal as the world waits to see who will send personnel to stabilize the enclave.

The Red Cross received the remains of two more Hamas hostages on Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage. The Israeli military said the International Committee of the Red Cross received the remains,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is equally exuberant about the present, but far more measured in his assessments going forward.

CAESAREA, Israel — Ten years ago this week, two Palestinian attackers boarded a bus in Jerusalem where they shot, beat and stabbed Israeli-American educator Richard Lakin to death along with two others before police killed one of the militants and injured and arrested the other.

Gaza is in ruins, and the bodies of 21 Israeli hostages are somewhere amid the rubble, along with an estimated 11,000 Gazans.

With the bodies of 10 people returned from Gaza, Israelis elated by the release of hostages began mourning those who did not make it home alive.

The ceasefire on Wednesday was largely holding, although Hamas described Israeli attacks in Gaza as violations of the agreement.

Dalal, Alon Ohel, Gali and Ziv Berman, Eitan Mor and Matan Angrest being handed over to the Israeli military. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

In his recent speeches in Egypt and Israel, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly invoked the word “peace” when describing his vision for a new Middle East. He is right to do so. After decades of perpetual conflict,

Israel’s military warned Palestinians in the West Bank not to celebrate the release of prisoners. “We will not tolerate any inciting celebrations or armed displays, and we will respond firmly to any attempt to stir riots,