Return our dead! Israeli fury grows and Hamas stalls on returning hostages as Trump ‘violently’ threatens Hamas amid fears of ceasefire

Israel today refused to increase aid to Gaza after Hamas released the bodies of only eight hostages last night.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to double the number of trucks to deliver much-needed supplies as anger grows over the terror group’s violations of the peace plan.

US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social last night that the job was ‘NOT DONE’, adding angrily: ‘THE DEAD WERE NOT RETURNED AS PROMISED!’

In addition to continuing deliveries at 300 trucks a day, Israel has also refused to reopen the Rafah Crossing into Egypt to allow Palestinians to come and go from the Strip.

Hamas was supposed to bring back all 28 dead, along with 20 living hostages, by noon on Monday. But while the world rejoiced that all the survivors had returned home, only four bodies were returned; All four were delivered last night.

It sparked outrage across Israel, calling on the government to react harshly to the breach of the agreement, as burying your dead is a sacred ritual in the Jewish religion.

Netanyahu set a deadline for progress by the end of yesterday, prompting Hamas to announce it would return another quartet. And last night the Israeli army said four more ‘coffins of dead hostages’ had been collected by the Red Cross in Gaza.

Hamas is accused of deliberately detaining dead hostages and putting the fragile peace under great pressure just days after the historic 20-point plan was launched. Yesterday, forensics confirmed that Yossi Sharabi’s body was among those returned on Monday, and they had previously identified two others as Guy Illouz and Bipin Joshi.

On Tuesday, the IDF announced that Bipin Joshi was one of the dead that Hamas brought back on Monday

Guy Illuz, 26, was also identified by the IDF. The military said he tried to hide in a tree but was later caught. He was injured and alive when he was taken away, but later died because medical treatment was not provided.

Israeli media named Yossi Sharabi as one of the bodies identified by the army

Daniel Perez, 22, of Yad Binyamin, was killed in a clash on October 7 and his body has been held in the Gaza Strip ever since.

While 53-year-old Sharabi died in captivity, her 48-year-old British sister-in-law, Lianne Sharabi, was killed along with her daughters, 16-year-old Noiya and 13-year-old Yahel, at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.

His brother Eli Sharabi, 52, escaped captivity and was released last January.

Mr Sharabi’s wife Nira, 55, said last night: ‘We can now put an end to the nightmare that began more than two years ago and allow Yossi a respectful and loving burial in his beloved Be’eri land.’

The coroner also confirmed that the fourth body returned Monday was that of 22-year-old Captain Daniel Peretz. The South African-Israeli was captured while fighting Hamas at the Nahal Oz base and died because his wounds were not treated.

Mediators and aid agencies insisted the terror group had difficulty locating those bodies, given the level of destruction in the region after two years of war and tens of thousands of deaths.

But local broadcaster Kan reported that the Israeli government believed Hamas was deliberately holding some back out of fear that they were trying to squeeze more out of Israel.

However, an Arab diplomat involved in the talks told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that they were working on the issue and did not believe the agreement was in danger.

But the Hostage Forum, which represents the victims’ families, held an emergency meeting last night and wrote to Mr Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. Urging him to intervene, they said: ‘We cannot rest and we know you will not rest until all the hostages are returned. We ask that you leave no stone unturned and leave no stone unturned to demand that Hamas fulfill its end of the agreement and bring all remaining hostages home.’

IDF troops retrieved the remains of the killed hostages during an official ceremony on October 13, 2025

24 dead hostages whose bodies remain in Gaza. Grieving families expressed their anger and disappointment at not returning the bodies of their loved ones

Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his flight to Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.

Families said Mr Witkoff’s promise to ‘dig with his own fingers to find our loved ones’ will ‘be etched in our memories forever’ and that he will ‘support us in our darkest hours’.

Udi Goren, who is still awaiting the return of his cousin Tal Haimi’s body, told the Daily Mail that his family will remain in pain until they are all returned. ‘We can’t move on, we can’t bring closure and we can’t heal until Tal and all the dead come home,’ he said.

‘I was actually hopeful that we would get my cousin back for the first time… I was terribly disappointed. ‘We thought our personal struggle would be over and we could move forward, but now it continues.’

Other families were saddened by a letter sent from the prime minister’s office expressing their sadness at the ‘heavy price’ they had to pay for ‘the end of the war and the return of all hostages’.

Merav Svirsky, the sister of Itay Svirsky, who was killed in captivity and whose body was found last December, wrote on Facebook: ‘Sometimes one word is preferable: I’m sorry.’

International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman Christian Cardon warned yesterday that some remains may never be found. He said: ‘I think there is clearly a risk that this will take a lot more time. ‘What we have said to the parties is that this must be their top priority.’

Red Cross vehicles carry the bodies of deceased hostages held in Gaza since a deadly attack on October 7, 2023, after they were handed over by Hamas militants under a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, October 14, 2025, Gaza City

Relatives of the hostages whose bodies are still in the Gaza Strip chant slogans calling for their release in the plaza known as the hostages’ square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

According to the Qatari Al Araby news outlet, Egyptian teams are in Gaza, in consultation with Israel, assisting efforts to find and remove the bodies.

Israel’s head of hostages, Gal Hirsch, emphasized that the “mission is not complete” and told the families that he would “intensify the pressure” on Hamas until all the hostages were brought back.

Israel also holds dead Palestinians, including many Hamas terrorists, such as October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar. Yesterday they sent the first batch of 45 bodies back to Gaza.

Keir Starmer said Hamas must ‘abide by the terms of the ceasefire’ as the Prime Minister paid tribute to families who ‘endured terrible and prolonged suffering’.