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There is huge uncertainty over the next

steps in Gaza. A day after a ceasefire

deal saw 20 living Israeli hostages

released by Hamas and hundreds of

Palestinian prisoners and detainees

reunited with their families. Berieved

Israeli families are angry that the

remains of only four of the 28 dead

hostages were handed over during the

exchange. Hamas says it could take time

to recover the others. In the past few

hours, the Israeli military has also

confirmed the identity of two of the

four deceased hostages who were

returned. They are Galoo, who was

injured and abducted alive after

escaping the Nova Music Festival

following forensic testing. The military

believes he died from his wounds after

not receiving proper medical treatment.

The identity of Nepalese agriculture

student Bibban Joshi has also been

confirmed. It's thought he was killed in

captivity during the first months of the

war. The identities of the other two

hostages released yesterday haven't been

revealed yet. We do have some live

pictures to show you. This is the border

between Israel and Gaza right now. Only

24 hours ago, crowds of Palestinians

welcomed the return of freed prisoners

and detainees transferred from Israel.

But tensions in the strip remain high.

Uh, in the past few hours, the Israeli

military says it shot five Palestinians

in Gaza City after they allegedly

crossed the agreed line of withdrawal

and approached troops. We haven't been

able to verify that claim. A Hamas

spokesperson called it a violation of

the ceasefire agreement. Our Middle East

correspondent Yolan Nell is in Jerusalem

for us and told us about the complicated

situation right now surrounding the

return of the remaining hostage bodies.

The Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz

did issue a warning late yesterday

saying that if Hamas was withholding

bodies of hostages deliberately, then

that would be a violation of the

ceasefire deal. And at the moment, you

know, this ceasefire is still at such a

fragile stage. That's also been

underscored by what we've been seeing um

in footage from Gaza in the past few

hours. In fact, guns not silent across

Gaza because there seem to have been

more of these deadly shootouts between

Hamas and rival gangs to the east of

Gaza City. And also, there's footage

that's come through um showing Hamas

gunman apparently executing several men

in the street after Hamas accused them

of collaborating with Israel. And that

is really, you know, underscoring how

there is this security vacuum that has

opened up uh in Gaza and Hamas is back

there reasserting its authority trying

to fill the gap. And that is extremely

worrying for President Trump's 20point

plan because it uh foresees the

disarming of Hamas, something that it

has resisted doing up to now. And it

doesn't see Hamas having any role in the

future governance of Gaza. Instead,

there should be a sort of Palestinian uh

technocratic committee that comes in

with an overarching international body.

It really shows you how there are key

details, there are key negotiations now

that have to happen, that have to be

worked out in order for this plan to

keep up its momentum and not to fall

apart. Well, some 150 Palestinian

prisoners whose release was included as

part of the ceasefire deal are thought

to have been deported to Egypt from the

occupied West Bank. The group are part

of the 250 political prisoners serving

life sentences or long sentences in

Israeli prisons. Since their release on

Monday, their whereabouts have been

unknown. The release of the prisoners

was set to be alongside the 1,700

detainees from Gaza.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːrtənti/ B1	noun - the state of being unsure about something
ceasefire /ˈsiːsfaɪər/ B2	noun - an agreement to stop fighting, especially in a war
hostages /ˈhɒstɪdʒɪz/ B2	noun - people who are held prisoner, especially as a way to force other people to do something
freed /friːd/ A2	verb - to allow someone or something to have freedom or to release them from being controlled adjective - released from imprisonment or control
prisoners /ˈprɪzənərz/ B1	noun - people who are kept in prison as punishment for a crime
detainees /ˌdiːteɪˈniːz/ C1	noun - people who are kept in prison while waiting to be judged in court
reunited /ˌriːjuˈnaɪtɪd/ B2	verb - to bring or come together again after being separated
remains /rɪˈmeɪnz/ B1	noun - the parts of a body that are left after death
confirmed /kənˈfɜːrmd/ B1	verb - to prove or show that something is definitely true adjective - proven to be true and believed to be correct
abducted /æbˈdʌktɪd/ C1	verb - to take someone away by force or illegally, often to demand money or something else
escaped /ɪˈskeɪpt/ A2	verb - to get free from a place where you are trapped or confined
military /ˈmɪlɪteri/ B1	noun - armed forces of a country adjective - relating to soldiers or the armed forces
deceased /dɪˈsiːst/ B2	adjective - dead noun - a person who has died
captivity /kæpˈtɪvəti/ C1	noun - the state of being kept as a prisoner, especially by enemy forces
violation /ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃn/ B2	noun - an action that breaks or does not follow an agreement, law, or rule
fragile /ˈfrædʒaɪl/ B2	adjective - easily broken or damaged, or easily harmed
shootouts /ˈʃuːtaʊts/ C1	noun - situations in which people shoot at each other, especially in fights or battles
authority /əˈθɔːrəti/ B1	noun - the power to give orders and be obeyed, or the people who have this power
governance /ˈɡʌvərnəns/ C1	noun - the way in which a country, organization, or activity is controlled