[UPDATE-Jan 16, 2025- Israel] Lebanon-Iran-Syria War, Hezbollah, Gaza and Hamas: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Israel expects ‘dozens of corpses’ among first freed hostages Some of the families of the hostages will be “surprised” to discover that their loved ones were murdered. The Israeli authorities are expecting “dozens” of dead bodies to be returned to Israel, during the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas that appears to be imminent. On Wednesday, president-elect Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had okayed an agreement, which would see a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of some of the Israeli hostages held by the terror group for more than 15 months. Notably, the…