Hamas will need more time to recover hostages’ remains still in Gaza, two senior U.S. advisers have said, as Israel’s military began to prepare for the possibility of renewed fighting amid anguish and anger about delays in the return of abductees.

Israeli hostage Tal Shoham describes increased faith and gratitude after enduring torture and starvation during 500 days held by Hamas in Gaza tunnels.

Unresolved issues — mainly over the exchange of hostage and prisoner remains — threaten to destabilize the fragile agreement.

Hamas appeared to tighten its control in Gaza, as the group’s internal security organization urged residents to report "collaborators” with Israel.

Israel received two more deceased hostages' bodies, including that of Inbar Hayman, who was considered to be the last female hostage in Gaza.

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the race for mayor of New York City, was attacked by lawmakers from both parties over comments he made in a Fox News interview.

The disturbing images are part of a long pattern of punishment meted out to suspected collaborators, according to an Israeli hostage negotiator.

The Israeli prime minister's comments come after Hamas said it could not access the bodies of 19 hostages in Gaza.

NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani backtracked on the debate stage from a comment made the previous day where he declined to call on Hamas to disarm.