The fragile Gaza ceasefire holds as Israel’s last 20 living hostages return home and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are released.

Israeli families express dismay that only four of 28 deceased hostages were returned, calling it a Hamas violation of the agreement.

Freed hostages suffered severe physical trauma, while Gaza faces decades of reconstruction needing an estimated $70 billion.

TEL AVIV — The tenuous ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as the return of deceased hostages from Gaza progressed more slowly than Israelis had hoped and health officials in the devastated territory said the Israeli military fatally shot three Palestinians.

A day earlier, Israelis celebrated the return of the last 20 living hostages in Gaza and Palestinians rejoiced at Israel’s rele

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