Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza, as Egyptian recovery crews arrived.

The Egyptian convoy, captured on camera by AFP reporters in Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, included heavy machinery to help speed the search for the remains of deceased Israeli hostages lost in the rubble of the devastated Palestinian territory.

Low-loader lorries flying the Egyptian flag transported bulldozers and mechanical diggers into Gaza, accompanied by tipper trucks sounding their horns and flashing their lights, en route to an Egyptian aid committee based in Al Zawayda.

Under the terms of a US-brokered ceasefire, as Israeli forces withdraw after two

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