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Sir Keir Starmer has urged Hamas to return the remains of deceased Israeli hostages to their families in order to 'honour the terms of the ceasefire'.

The Prime Minister also paid tribute to the families of the hostages, who he said had 'endured terrible and protracted pain over the last two years at the hands of Hamas'.

Hamas has now begun to release the bodies of hostages who died during captivity over the past two years, as part of the ceasefire deal brokered last week. The fragile ceasefire appeared at risk on Tuesday (October 14), as reports suggested the Israeli Defence Forces opened fire in Gaza.

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Israel also accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement as it had failed to release all bodies of h

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