Israelis mourned the family that symbolized the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agreed to free the last hostage bodies included in the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire.

Fox News senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reports on the funeral for the murdered Israeli hostages and the nation’s response.

Israel is seeking an indefinite extension to the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza rather than moving to a planned second stage designed to lay the groundwork for a more lasting settlement, several people familiar with the matter have said.

Hamas agreed to release the last hostage bodies included in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal, in a breakthrough announced as Israelis mourned a family seen as a symbol of the trauma suffered by Israel in the attack on October 7,

Since the end of the Gaza war, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israel's military operation in the northern West Bank towns of Jenin and Tulkarm, fueling fears that they won't be allowed back.

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed that neither Hamas nor the Palestinian authorities will govern the Gaza Strip when the 15-month-old war ends. Netanyahu disclosed that he is “committed” to the United States’ proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and displace its Palestinian residents.

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Israel’s offensive in the West Bank is part of broader plans to expand Zionist settlements and eventually annex the West Bank—first expelling the Palestinians from Area C, assigned by the 1993 Oslo Accords to Israel’s full military control and making up 60 percent of the Palestinian territory.