JERUSALEM: Hamas said it was committed to the US-brokered agreement that halted its war with Israel, and to returning all the bodies of hostages still unaccounted for under the ruins of Gaza.Responding to a call from the militant group for assistance with locating the bodies of the 19 hostages, buried under t

Eliyahu Margalit is the 10th dead hostage Hamas has returned - out of 28.

This was the 10th dead hostage it has received out of 28 bodies held in Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister's office said, a handover from Hamas as the group worked to shore up a ceasefire by using bulldozers in a search for bodies under the rubble in the enclave.

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming - positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war

Hamas to hand over remains of hostages as part of ceasefire deal brokered by the U.S. military wing.

It defended the group's crackdown in Gaza, saying they were "exceptional measures" during war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.