Israel says it decides which foreign troops can enter Gaza
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President Donald Trump gave Hamas a 48-hour ultimatum to return bodies of 13 deceased hostages or face consequences from countries involved in the Gaza peace deal.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said "a lot of countries" have offered to be part of an international security force for Gaza - a key part of President Donald Trump's peace plan - but added Israel would have to be comfortable with participants.
The assistance is part of an international effort to reinforce the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse launches inaugural 767 cargo flight delivering 290,000 food packets and emergency supplies to Gaza families amid ongoing crisis.
It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops while Israel has expressed concerns about the make-up of the force.
As a guarantor of the cease-fire, Turkey is keen to play a role in Gaza’s future, seeing political and economic benefits. Israel is having none of it.
Israel as part of the ceasefire were buried at a mass grave site in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday after health officials were unable to identify the remains.
Sami Shaban says his relatives were among 11 killed when Israeli tank fire struck their minibus a week after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect.
A total of 195 bodies were transported by the Red Cross to the hospital in southern Gaza since last week, when a ceasefire agreement to end the war between Israel and Hamas was put in place.
Over the past eleven days, 195 bodies have been returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities, in exchange for the bodies of 13 Israeli hostages, under the terms of Donald Trump's ceasefire deal. Two other bodies – those of Nepalese and Thai hostages – have also been returned by Hamas.
Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching critique of Israel’s war in Gaza.
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