Israel is preparing on Tuesday to receive materials from Gaza via the International Committee of the Red Cross, although it is still unclear whether they are related to a deceased hostage.
The Prime Minister's Office said: "Israel is preparing to receive from the Red Cross findings transferred out of the Gaza Strip. The findings will be examined at the National Center of Forensic Medicine. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum staff is in continuous contact with the families of the two deceased hostages."
Palestinian media outlets reported that a team from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations has renewed the search for a deceased hostage. According to those reports, this round of searches is taking place in the Beit Lahia project in northern Gaza. Yesterday, reports from Gaza described similar searches underway near the Jabaliya camp.
Footage from Gaza shows Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists carrying out the search. According to the reports, it is the team responsible for locating the deceased hostage in the northern part of the strip. In recent days, there have been reports of searches conducted in the Zeitoun area and near the Jabaliya camp.
Meanwhile, Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said today that mediation efforts are continuing and that any violation of the ceasefire in Gaza "is cause for concern."
"Qatar is working with its partners to turn the hudna in Gaza into an opportunity to move forward to the second phase of the agreement. Any violation of the hudna in the Gaza Strip constitutes a threat to it, and yet the hudna still stands," he said.
Al-Ansari added: "There is nothing new regarding the start of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement." He said Qatar "trusts US President Donald Trump's plan and the American support for the hudna and the mediation efforts. We hope there will be a shift to discussions about the second phase of the Gaza plan very soon."
At the same time, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that the situation in the West Bank is "no less severe" than in the Gaza Strip in light of what he described as "intimidation campaigns carried out by settlers." He added that Cairo "hopes additional aid will enter the Gaza Strip and that the ceasefire will be strengthened."
The senior Egyptian official also expressed hope that the second phase of "the Trump plan" for Gaza's rehabilitation would begin, including the establishment of a peace council and an international stabilization force. "The only guarantee for stability in the region is resolving the Palestinian issue and establishing a state," Abdelatty said.
