The remains of four Israeli hostages will be turned over in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose release had been delayed.

With the first phase of the truce set to expire Saturday, Israel and Hamas appear far from reaching an agreement to proceed to the second, decisive phase.

Hamas announced Wednesday that it had agreed with Israel to release 602 Palestinian prisoners scheduled to be freed last weekend.

Israeli and Hamas officials say they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

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Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

The fate of Ariel and Kfir, just 4 years old and 9 months old when they were abducted, captivated Israelis, and the return, along with a body said to be that of their mother, Shiri Bibas, brings a tragic measure of closure to the country.