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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Megan Howe

Israel allows Egypt and Red Cross teams into Gaza as search for hostage bodies widens

Vehicles transporting Egyptian heavy machinery line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border - (AFP via Getty Images)

Teams from Egypt and the International Committee of the Red Cross have been granted permission to enter Gaza to search for the bodies of Israeli hostages taken during the October 7 attacks.

An Israeli government spokesperson confirmed that the teams had been allowed to cross beyond the “yellow line,” which marks the Israeli military’s pullback zone in the Gaza Strip.

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