Israel received a body on Wednesday that Hamas said was one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip. It comes as Israel said it would allow Gaza's gateway to Egypt to open once all hostages were returned.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has been devastated by two years of fighting in Gaza. But is the organization now using a ceasefire to regroup?

The bodies of two deceased hostages are still thought to be in Gaza. Israeli authorities have been releasing Palestinian prisoners and the bodies of deceased Palestinians detainees in exchange for the return of hostage remains.

Israel says that partial remains returned from Gaza earlier this week do not match either of the hostages taken during Hamas’ 2023 attack who remain in Gaza.

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.

The Red Cross and members of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades were searching for the body of an Israeli hostage believed to still be under the rubble in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, on Monday.Video here, filmed by Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Abusalama,

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas says it will return the body of an Israeli hostage Tuesday, part of last month’s fragile ceasefire that has held despite Israeli strikes on Gaza, mounting Palestinian casualties, and mutual accusations of violations.

Gaza militias emerge as Hamas regroups during ceasefire, with Palestinian fighters forming new forces to challenge the group's control in the territory.