Middle East officials look toward second phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire with two hostages left in Gaza

Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian officials met Wednesday successful Cairo to sermon the 2nd signifier of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.

The gathering is said to person included Turkey and Egypt's quality chiefs, arsenic good arsenic Qatar's premier minister, according to reports.

"During the meeting, [they] besides agreed to proceed strengthening coordination and practice with the Civil Military Coordination Center to destruct each obstacles to guarantee the continuity of the ceasefire and to forestall further violations," a Turkish root told Reuters, adding that they besides discussed countering Israeli ceasefire violations.

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Red Cross unit hold to caput towards an country wrong the alleged "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew nether the ceasefire successful Gaza City connected Nov. 12, 2025. (Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)

Despite Hamas and Israel accusing each different of violating the U.S.-brokered agreement, mediators are inactive looking to determination to the adjacent stage.

The 2nd signifier of the woody involves the deployment of an planetary stabilization unit and the improvement of an planetary assemblage to govern Gaza. It besides includes the disarmament of Hamas. Additionally, Israel volition determination further from the alleged "yellow line" up of the planetary unit taking over, according to The Times of Israel.

An Israeli worker looks retired astatine destroyed buildings, arsenic seen from a defender presumption astatine an Israeli subject outpost wrong the borders of the "yellow line" successful the Shujaiya vicinity successful the eastbound portion of Gaza City successful the Gaza Strip connected Nov. 5, 2025.  (Nir Elias/Reuters)

IDF ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF DECEASED ISRAELI HOSTAGE REMAINS THROUGH RED CROSS

On Tuesday, Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians successful speech for the remains of Israeli hostage Dror Or. Israel has said that Or and his wife, Yonat Or, were killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks connected Kibbutz Be'eri. 

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said successful a connection that arsenic their location caught connected fire, Dror and Yonat evacuated their children done a model successful the harmless room, redeeming their lives. The mates divided up successful an effort to escape, but they were some murdered by the terrorists. Two of their children, Noam and Alma, were taken hostage.

On Nov. 25, 2023, Noam and Alma were released successful the archetypal hostage exchange, precisely 2 years earlier their father's remains would beryllium returned to Israel.

This undated photograph provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum shows Israeli hostage Dror Or, who was abducted and brought to Gaza successful the Hamas onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)

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The remains of 2 hostages — 1 Israeli, Ran Gvili, and 1 Thai national, Sudthisak Rinthalak — are inactive successful Gaza. 

Hamas has committed to upholding its extremity of the woody and returning both, but did not springiness a timeline connected erstwhile that whitethorn happen, according to The Associated Press.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.