Israeli military says more hostage bodies to be returned tonight as US warns Hamas to put down arms - Reports conflict on whether Israel will reopen Rafah border crossing to let in aid

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has departed Berlin for Egypt to attend the signing of the Gaza peace deal along with more than a dozen global leaders. Germany has pledged to support the implementation of the US-backed peace plan between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas,

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher urged Israel on Wednesday to immediately open all crossings into Gaza for humanitarian aid, as called for in a US-backed ceasefire plan."It should happen now. We want it to happen immediately as part of this agreement,

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and US President Donald Trump will co-host the Gaza peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, bringing together more than 20 world leaders. The summit aims to end the genocidal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip,

President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas as the end of the war in Gaza and start of rebuilding the devastated territory.

At some point I’ll decide what I think is right,” Trump told reporters. “But it would be in coordination with other states and other countries.”

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing a gathering of world leaders dubbed “Summit for Peace” on Monday to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal.