<article data-history-node-id="430131" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-katz-hamas-release-four-dead-israeli-hostages-failure-meet" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-katz-hamas-release-four-dead-israeli-hostages-failure-meet" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel Katz: Hamas release of four dead Israeli hostages 'failure to meet requirements'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said in response to Hamas's anouncement that it would hand over the remains of four Israeli captives that the move is a "failure to meet requirements".</p> <p>"Any delay or deliberate avoidance will be considered a gross violation of the agreement and will be responded to accordingly," Katz said in a post on X.</p> <p>Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, all 48 Israeli captives are to be released within 72 hours of the Israeli army's redeployment. Hamas released all 20 living Israeli captives on Monday, and is yet to release the remains of 28 dead captives.</p> <p>Hamas previously indicated that recovering the bodies of some dead hostages may take longer, as not all burial sites are known.</p> <p><em>Reporting by Reuters</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429996" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pictures-hundreds-thousands-palestinians-return-home" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pictures-hundreds-thousands-palestinians-return-home" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">In pictures: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return home</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinians return home ceasefire" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6c34d6a8-be9f-48ec-8e24-1ddac704217a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestinians%20ride%20on%20an%20animal-drawn%20cart%20among%20rubble%20amid%20a%20ceasefire%20between%20Israel%20and%20Hamas%20in%20Gaza_0.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Palestinians return home ceasefire" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians ride on an animal-drawn cart among rubble, following Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Gaza City, October 11, 2025 (REUTERS)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="ceasefire palestinians return to north" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4f51385d-928d-4ae6-a3e2-fa3b319aa8f2" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestinians%20return%20to%20the%20north%20amid%20a%20ceasefire%20between%20Israel%20and%20Hamas%20in%20Gaza11%20oct%202025%20reuters.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="ceasefire palestinians return to north" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians children ride in a vehicle carrying belongings, as they road as they return to the north, 11 October 2025 (REUTERS)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinians return to the north amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="72fe330f-9deb-4c60-8a94-2fc27f9865ac" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestinians%20return%20to%20the%20north%20amid%20a%20ceasefire%20between%20Israel%20and%20Hamas%20in%20Gaza.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Palestinians return to the north amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza" typeof="foaf:Image"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians return to the north amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, 11 October 2025 (REUTERS)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429997" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/banking-services-be-restored-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/banking-services-be-restored-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Banking services to be restored in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Palestine Money Authority says it is working to restore banking services in Gaza and to&nbsp;provide the necessary financial and banking services in order to facilitate the flow of aid into the territory.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="429998" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/85-percent-khan-younis-flattened-israeli-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/85-percent-khan-younis-flattened-israeli-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">85 percent of Khan Younis flattened by Israeli attacks</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The mayor of the southern&nbsp;Khan Younis governorate in Gaza has reported that 85 percent of the area has been levelled by Israeli attacks.</p> <p>He added that some 400,000 tonnes of rubble must be removed before any reconstruction work can begin.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Khan younis ceasefire" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e3d46a9b-7797-4f2e-ad4c-997a6c583904" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/khan%20younis.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Khan younis ceasefire" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian boy walks among rubble following Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area in the southern Gaza Strip October 11, 2025 (REUTERS)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5) url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

A ceasefire came into effect in Gaza on Friday after the Israeli government approved the first phase of the U.S.-backed plan to end two years of war in the Palestinian territory. The deal calls for a pause in Israeli attacks, the release of the remaining Israeli captives held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, as well as an influx of badly needed humanitarian aid for the starving population of Gaza. Israeli forces have pulled back but continue to control roughly half the territory, with the ceasefire agreement calling for further withdrawals in later phases. “This is a deal that really should have been made long, long ago,” says Amjad Iraqi, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group. “We’ve known that the parameters of this truce have been on the table for well over a year, if not since the very beginning of the war.” Palestinian human rights attorney Diana Buttu says while people are happy for a pause in the slaughter, she finds it “repulsive” that Palestinians had to bargain with their own oppressors. “It should have been that the world put sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide, rather than forcing Palestinians to negotiate an end to it.”

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