Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.

One complication for doctors at Nasser Hospital now is determining which of the returned bodies are Hamas fighters killed in combat, which are civilians and which are detainees who died in Israeli custody.

A collective funeral ceremony was held Wednesday in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned from Israel, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) reported.

Israel identifies the remains of a deceased hostage returned from Gaza as Tal Haimi, who was killed while defending his kibbutz during the Oct. 7 massacre.

The prime minister further stated that Israel will not agree to the Palestinian Authority (PA) taking part in governing the Gaza Strip "unless it undergoes fundamental change. " Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified that Turkish soldiers will not be allowed to enter Gaza in a conversation with Hassan Mahmoud Rashad,

Israel has placed boundary markers up to 520m deeper inside Gaza than expected under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

The U.S. military created a Civil-Military Coordination Center near Gaza to oversee ceasefire implementation and facilitate humanitarian assistance from international partners.

Trump sends a flurry of top officials and aides to Israel - led by his vice president - to make sure a Gaza ceasefire moves on to challenging second phase.