The Red Cross has picked up two sets of remains and will pick up two more later today

Palestinians released by Israel from Ofer Prison under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza are brought to Ramallah by buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ramallah, West Bank, on October 13, 2025. ©  Issam H.s. Alasmar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Israel has accused Hamas of a “blatant breach” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, as only four of the 28 bodies of the deceased are set to be returned to Israel today.

Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning to Hamas, where he said that “any delay or deliberate avoidance will be considered a gross violation of the agreement and will be responded to accordingly.”

The IDF has said the Red Cross has notified the military that it has collected two caskets holding the apparent bodies of slain hostages from Hamas in southern Gaza a short while ago.

The Red Cross is now bringing the caskets to IDF troops inside the enclave, where a small ceremony, led by a military rabbi, will be held. The remains will then be taken for identification.

All of the remaining living hostages in Gaza have been freed from Hamas captivity and are back in Israel after two years of war, but the remains of 28 deceased captives are expected to be returned in separate batches. 

 

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Meanwhile, some of the vans carrying Palestinian prisoners who have been released from Israeli prisons arrived a short while ago in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Under an agreement brokered by Trump, Israel is releasing about 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and more than 1,700 who were detained since the beginning of the Gaza war in 2023, including all women and minors.

Israel will also allow humanitarian aid into the enclave to ease severe food shortages.

The 20-point ceasefire plan unveiled by Trump in late September also calls for a phased full Israeli pullout from Gaza, disarming of Hamas, and the creation of a transitional international administration. It envisions Gaza as a “deradicalized terror-free zone” with Hamas barred from governance.

The war between Israel and Hamas began October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and seizing around 250 hostages. Israel’s operation in response has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and triggered a humanitarian crisis in the enclave, prompting the UN to accuse West Jerusalem of genocide.

Global leaders welcomed Trump’s plan and called for rapid implementation, urging both sides to comply with the humanitarian provisions.

13 October 2025

15:05 GMT

Trump has arrived in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh for a deal-signing ceremony that is being attended by a number of other world leaders.

Air Force One was escorted into the area by Egyptian fighter jets.

Sharm el-Sheikh is where representatives from Israel, Hamas, and the United States met last week to finalize the Gaza ceasefire deal.

14:31 GMT

Netanyahu hopes sending more humanitarian aid to Gaza will lessen the international criticism of Israel for causing starvation in the enclave and make the international organizations dealing with aid irrelevant, Dr. Alon Liel has told RT.

 

Dr. Alon Liel: Netanyahu hopes sending more humanitarian aid to Gaza will:▪️lower intl criticism on causing starvation ▪️strengthen Israeli control on Gaza'Israel sees own efforts to bring more food to Gaza as attempt to occupy Gaza Strip' pic.twitter.com/wYedQwQmXK

— RT (@RT_com) October 13, 2025

 

14:31 GMT

The Red Cross is en route to receive the bodies of four Israeli hostages in southern Gaza, the IDF has said.

The Red Cross will later bring the caskets to IDF troops inside Gaza, where a small ceremony, led by a military rabbi, will be held in their memory. The caskets will also be examined by sappers “for security purposes,” according to the military.

13:56 GMT

The Al-Qassam Brigades has said it will hand over the bodies of four captives today. It identified the deceased captives as Guy Ilouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and Daniel Perez.

Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza earlier, but it is still holding the remains of a number of dead Israeli captives.

13:29 GMT

Trump is now departing Ben Gurion Airport and heading to Egypt for a global leaders summit on Gaza.

13:29 GMT

The Palestinian prisoners being released are likely to be in “horrific” condition because Palestinians in Israeli jails are subjected to the most “brutal and violent torture,” Al Jazeera has claimed, citing academic Basil Farraj.

”We know that since October 7 [2023], while torture and violence will have been systematically practiced inside Israeli prisons, these prisoners have been subjected to a brutal campaign,” Farraj said.

”They have been brutally beaten, tortured, and violated. We’ve witnessed and heard stories of sexual violence.”

Farraj says the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will continue and the release of the detainees “does not mean the end of the struggle” of others who remain in Israeli prisons.

12:55 GMT

Trump has concluded his 65-minute-long speech to Israel’s parliament, saying that “we’re going to build a legacy that all the people of this region can be proud of.”

“So now we’re going to forge a future that is worthy of our heritage. We’re going to build a legacy that all the people of this region can be proud of,” he added.

 

 

12:52 GMT

Iran would’ve had nuclear weapons in two months or less if its facilities hadn’t been struck, Trump has claimed, and the Middle Eastern countries that back the Gaza ceasefire deal wouldn’t have done so in the face of a nuclear Iran. “We took a big cloud off the Middle East, and off of Israel,” Trump added.

”This was our last shot,” he says. “And it was an honor to help.”

12:38 GMT

Trump has said that all across the Middle East, “the forces of chaos, terror, and ruin that have plagued the region for decades now stand weakened, isolated, and totally defeated.”

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He praised the skill of the IDF in the 12-day air war with Iran in June, saying that the army's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, “looks like he’s from central casting.”

“Great job,” Trump said. “My people loved working with you. They worked so well together.”

Trump claimed that together, Israel and the US had “stopped the number-one state sponsor of terror from obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapons.”

12:33 GMT

The second phase of the exchange deal is now underway, with 96 freed Palestinian prisoners arriving at the cultural palace in Ramallah, according to RT Middle East bureau chief Maria Finoshina.The prisoners were transported on two buses from Israeli jails, including individuals who have spent years or decades in detention. Earlier on Monday, the first stage of the exchange saw 20 Israeli hostages returned to their country after more than 730 days in captivity.