Israel on Tuesday received what Hamas said are the remains of another deceased hostage held in Gaza, as part of the US-brokered ceasefire deal that came into effect last month.

Although the IDF notified the family last year that Itay Chen had not survived, they clung to the hope that he may still be alive. Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen's remains were returned to Israel on Tuesday night.

The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed, the Israeli military said in a statement late on Thursday, Oct.

Cooper's wife eulogizes him as a guy who wrote poems and whistled melodies, while Baruch's mother remembers her son as 'a traveler, chess player, kayaker, scholar, nerd'

Israel’s military says the ceasefire is back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory.