Israeli authorities have been releasing Palestinian prisoners and the bodies of deceased Palestinians detainees in exchange for the return of hostage remains.Elsewhere, Israel is continuing strikes on what it says are Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire agreement there signed last November.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was ending its operations after months of criticism over the deaths of Palestinians trying to reach GHF hubs.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has announced it is ending its “mission” in Gaza. The US-backed organisation sparked controversy after it began operating in the Palestinian enclave in May 2025.

The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food,

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has concluded its 4.5-month emergency operation after delivering 187 million meals through secure, diversion-free distribution sites serving Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians.

The controversial aid group, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), backed by the U.S. and Israel, which has frequently come under fire for contributing

UN special rapporteurs and several aid groups said in August that the GHF's operations and the violence inflicted on Palestinians at its aid sites are "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity.”

The ceasefire is broadly holding in Gaza, with Israeli forces inside the strip having pulled back to the so-called "yellow line." Still, renewed Israeli strikes killed dozens of Palestinians last week in response to what Israel alleged was a ceasefire violation by a Hamas gunman.

Israel said Tuesday that Palestinian militants had handed over human remains to the Red Cross, which will deliver them next to the country's military. It was not immediately clear if the remains were those of one of three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip.