Aid trucks have rolled into Gaza and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing as Hamas handed over more bodies of dead hostages, following a dispute that had threatened the fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli authorities had threatened to keep Rafah shut and reduce aid supplies because Hamas was returning bodies too slowly, showing the risks to a truce that has stopped two years of devastating warfare in the strip and resulted in all living hostages held by Hamas being freed.

However, the militant group returned more Israeli bodies overnight and an Israeli security official said on Wednesday preparations were under way to open Rafah to Gazan citizens while a second official said 600 aid trucks would go in.

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