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Israel returned 15 Palestinian bodies Wednesday after Hamas handed over an Israeli hostage as the first phase of a ceasefire approaches conclusion.

Mediators met in Cairo to discuss advancing to the second phase, which includes deploying an international stabilization force to govern Gaza.

Violence persists despite the truce, with nearly all Palestinians displaced, Hamas retaining half of Gaza and reconstruction barely begun.

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest swap as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last month, whose first phase is comi

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