Hamas, Israel return more bodies of captives

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Israel and Hamas exchange more bodies of captives under the Gaza ceasefire deal but Hamas accuses Israel of breaking the agreement by keeping the Rafah crossing closed.

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00:00Meanwhile, Israel and Hamas have exchanged more bodies of captives.

00:04But tensions remain over the Gaza ceasefire deal.

00:08Hamas says Israel is not keeping its end of the agreement,

00:11accusing it of refusing to reopen the key Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

00:17Late on Tuesday, the bodies of two more Israeli captives, a soldier and a civilian,

00:22were returned to Israel.

00:24That brings the total to 15 so far under the ceasefire terms.

00:28Now, Hamas says another 13 sets of remains are expected to be handed over,

00:34but recovery efforts have been slowed due to Gaza's devastation and Israel's military presence.

00:41Now, as part of the same deal, Israel has freed about 2,000 Palestinian detainees

00:46and pledged to return the remains of 360 more Palestinians.

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