Israel on Saturday returned the remains of 15 Palestinians to Gaza, a day after Hamas militants returned the remains of one hostage to Israel.View on euronews

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies under the terms of the tenuous ceasefire.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in exchange for passage to other areas of the enclave under a proposal to resolve an issue seen as a risk to the month-old truce,

The presence of the militants, who have killed three Israeli troops, is threatening to unravel the fragile cease-fire.

Braslavski and Cohen spoke alongside family members of hostages whose remains are yet to be returned to Israel for burial. Former hostages Rom Braslavski and Nimrod Cohen spoke at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv,