Hamas returns remains of three hostages including American Omer Neutra, to Israel through Red Cross coordination, President Donald Trump announces.

Israel’s government and military are preparing for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, they said early Saturday after Hamas made a similar statement – marking a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war.

U.S. and Israeli officials are divided over whether to allow the militants, stranded inside a tunnel network in Rafah, safe passage.

Israel has identified the hostage body returned by Hamas on Thursday as that of Meny Godard, who was 73 when he was killed in the 7 October attacks. Red Cross vehicles collected his body hours after Hamas issued a joint statement with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad saying it had been located in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.

President Donald Trump is a danger to the world because he doesn’t listen and doesn’t know what he thinks he knows, John Bolton said.

The BBC's boss and its head of news quit following criticism over bias at the British broadcaster, including the way it edited a Trump speech.