Vehicles transporting the bodies of four Israeli hostages arrive at the National Centrefor Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Israel has decided to proceed with opening the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt and allowing the transfer of humanitarian aid after the return of the bodies of four hostages, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Wednesday.
Israel cancelled planned measures against Hamas that included halving the number of aid trucks entering the enclave, it said.
The militant group handed over the remains of four hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday night, bringing to eight the number of bodies transferred since the US-brokered ceasefire took hold, leaving 20 to be accounte
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