He discussed the plan with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who endorsed Israel's war aims in Gaza, saying Hamas “must be eradicated."

And a day after Hamas released more hostages taken when it attacked Israel in October 2023, Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the militant organization needs to be "eliminated.

Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza stuck a sticker with the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a road which they poured red

Netanyahu freed scores of Palestinian prisoners in return, and Trump’s noon deadline came and went with no further hostage releases. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States,

Hamas attributed the misidentification of the body to the chaotic conditions caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing revenge after Hamas delivered the body of an anonymous woman instead of Shiri Bibas in violation of the current ceasefire deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas will “pay the full price” for not returning the body of Shiri Bibas to Israel. Netanyahu added that the body that was returned to Isreal was a Gazan woman.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

Israel and Hamas are trading accusations of violating the fragile ceasefire in Gaza with less than a week left in the initial pause.

Hamas is under pressure from Israel and the U.S. at a crucial time for the Gaza ceasefire as it claims it could have misidentified a hostage's remains.