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.

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Israel Hayom has learned that Israel is permitting unarmed Hamas operatives to access two sites where intelligence suggests hostage bodies were buried. One location sits in the Khan Younis region, and the other in east Gaza City, between the Shujaiyya and Daraj Tuffah neighborhoods. Hamas operatives indicate the sites, and an Egyptian team escorted by Red Cross representatives is present overseeing the searches.

Within the framework of the arrangement, Israel authorized the importation of tools and engineering equipment from Egypt for the search operations. Concurrently, searches are proceeding at two additional sites in Hamas-controlled areas, where Red Cross personnel and Egyptian teams are also present.

Hamas prevents body delivery to buy time

Israeli officials stress that intelligence information unequivocally demonstrates Hamas has immediate access to multiple additional deceased hostages, and the organization is withholding them to prolong negotiations. The evaluation is that Hamas is leveraging the delayed body delivery to consolidate its territorial control and reinforce its positions for continued negotiations.

Military sources conveyed that Hamas transmitted to the Red Cross multiple points where deceased hostages may have been placed. The Red Cross reached those designated points escorted by Hamas operatives, some of whom traversed the Yellow Line – the demarcation separating Israeli-controlled territory from Hamas-controlled zones.

IDF attacks Hamas cells emerging from tunnels

IDF soldiers continue engaging Hamas cells penetrating Israeli-controlled territory. This morning such an incident occurred deep in the territory, east of Khan Younis, likely involving a Hamas cell that had been in tunnels and surfaced for an attempted strike.

Hamas asserts it has no association with cells deep in the territory or with such attacks, but Israeli officials completely reject the assertion.

Arab media reporting indicated Red Cross and Hamas teams are in Rafah and are anticipated to be in Gaza City as well. Sources engaged with the details stated the Egyptians are taking part in two of the sites – presumably in zones not under direct IDF control. At this juncture, no further official details were furnished regarding the exact locations of the sites or the search outcomes acquired thus far.

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