Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge for what he described as a "cruel and malicious violation" of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

The court granted the request, extending his detention until Tuesday to allow the investigation to continue.Acting against support for terrorism"Israel Police will continue to act against all forms of incitement and support for terrorist organizations,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a body that Hamas militants released during the handover of remains of Israeli hostages is that of a woman from Gaza instead of that of Shiri Bibas, the mother of two young boys whose bodies were returned on Thursday.

Video of the abduction, with a terrified Shiri Bibas seen swaddling her two redheaded boys in a blanket and being whisked away by armed men, ricocheted around the world in the hours after the attack.

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Growing anger over the Israeli government’s failure to bring home some 250 hostages sooner could step up pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the ceasefire.

The fate of Ariel and Kfir, just 4 years old and 9 months old when they were abducted, captivated Israelis, and the return, along with a body said to be that of their mother, Shiri Bibas, brings a tragic measure of closure to the country.