Missing bodies of hostages top list of uncertainties as Gaza ceasefire holds

A sign written in Hebrew reading ‘Sorry’ on a bench outside Abu Kabir, the forensic institute in Tel Aviv where the identification process is being carried out on four bodies returned by Hamas (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding on Tuesday, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

Separately, the Israeli military said troops in northern Gaza had “opened fire to remove the threat” of several people approaching them on Tuesday across the “yellow line” and not complying with orders to stop.