The International Committee of the Red Cross has transported 285 bodies held in Israeli custody to Gaza since last month's agreement was brokered.

Israel's military gave CBS News a rare look deep inside Gaza, where many questions still hang over the ruins of war and the future of 2 million Palestinians.

At an Israel Defense Forces outpost near Shuja’iyya in northern Gaza, the silence is noticeable in the rubble near the controversial 'yelllow line.'

The few buildings still standing in this expanse of northern Gaza protrude from the earth like broken bones. Around them, what was once a dense, urban neighborhood has been blown up, knocked down or otherwise crushed into debris and dust.

Rejecting a Hamas exchange proposal, Smotrich emphasizes eliminating terrorists and backs Israel’s independence in Gaza, despite ongoing US involvement in stabilization efforts. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich emphasized the need to eliminate the hundreds of terrorists on the Israeli side of Gaza's Yellow Line in Rafah,

An official of the Israel Defense Forces told NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for strikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in Rafah.

A leading aid organization has accused Israel of obstructing the delivery of life-saving materials to the Gaza Strip, almost one month after the ceasefire took effect. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinian families could face the winter without adequate shelter if the aid does not get in.

UNICEF estimated that more than 64,000 children have been killed or injured in Gaza since Israel’s war began after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,858 people and wounded 170,664.