Israel Updates Motzei Shabbos Bereishis

Day  744

- Two caskets, said by Hamas to contain dead hostages, now in Israel, on way to forensic lab

One of the bodies returned last night by Hamas is slain hostage Ronen Engel, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and Kibbutz Nir Oz announce.

- The US State Department has received "reliable reports indicating an immediate intention by Hamas to violate the ceasefire by attacking the residents of Gaza." "If Hamas continues this action, steps will be taken to protect the residents of Gaza and maintain the integrity of the ceasefire."

- Hamas returned 1 body of a hostage on Friday night, who was identified as Eliyahu "Churchill" Margalit Z"L. He was killed on October 7th at kibbutz Nir Oz.

- Vice President JD Vance will be arriving in Israel on Tuesday for his first official state visit to the country. He will be staying until Thursday

-Prime Minister's Office: "PM Netanyahu instructed that the Rafah crossing will not be opened until further notice. Its opening will be considered according to how Hamas fulfills its part in returning the fallen hostages and implementing the agreed framework."

- Netanyahu in CH 14: "I will run in the upcoming aelections and believe I will win."

"If we told the Americans that we would eliminate Nasrallah, it would leak within five minutes."

- The PM hinted that he updated Trump about the attack in Qatar beforehand.

-The Trump administration has completed the establishment of the American command that will oversee the implementation of the agreement. A senior American official says that "the next 30 days will be critical for the implementation of the agreement. Now we are taking command of what is happening in Gaza. We will make the decisions to ensure that the agreement is implemented." (Axios)