Agreement reached to exchange hostage bodies for Palestinian prisoners

Israeli and Hamas officials announced a deal on Tuesday to exchange the bodies of deceased hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, extending the fragile ceasefire for a few more days.

Since Saturday, Israel had delayed the release of 600 prisoners, citing what it called mistreatment of hostages by Hamas.

In response, Hamas called the delay a “serious violation” of the ceasefire and warned that talks for the…