Overview

• Netanyahu directed the military to act with force after Israel said Hamas attacked troops in Rafah, with reports of Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza hours later.
• The Red Cross received two additional hostage remains from Hamas, and Israeli authorities identified an earlier return as Eliyahu Margalit; Israel transferred 15 Palestinian bodies back to Gaza.
• Israel says the Rafah crossing will remain closed until Hamas returns all deceased hostages and complies with truce terms, keeping large-scale aid deliveries constrained.
• Hamas says it will keep searching for and returning remains but warns some are buried in collapsed tunnels or under rubble, while 81 Turkish disaster specialists are still held at the Egypt border.
• Gaza authorities allege 47 Israeli ceasefire violations since Oct. 10, including a disputed strike on a Zeitún minibus that Civil Defense says killed 11 from one family, which the IDF describes as a response to a perceived threat.