Overview

• IDF said the Red Cross transferred four additional coffins on Tuesday, bringing confirmed returns to eight of the 28 deceased hostages as forensic identification proceeds before families are notified.
• Israeli officials warned they would halve aid truck entries and keep the Rafah crossing closed to pressure compliance after calling the slow return of bodies a violation of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire terms.
• President Donald Trump declared Phase Two underway and warned that Hamas must disarm or “we will disarm them,” reinforcing U.S. demands tied to the next stage of the plan.
• Hostage families, through the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, urged U.S. envoys to secure the remaining remains, saying the partial handover has compounded their anguish.
• The truce has largely held but remains tense, with Israeli forces reporting fire on suspects who crossed the agreed line and reports of executions and factional clashes inside Gaza complicating recovery and aid operations.