Michelle Kellerman

The Israelis say they don't think Trump should move forward until the body is returned.

And Hamas agrees to disarm.

Under the first part of the deal, Hamas was supposed to return all of the hostages taken in the October 7th attack.

Israel says the U.S.

shouldn't move forward until the remains of one final hostage are returned, and Hamas agrees to give up power and weapons.

But Trump will want to show progress in his peace plan, says Israeli analyst Eyal Hulata.

And the things are moving ahead.

Trump is planning to chair the board.

He's also trying to get an international force into Gaza.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Jerusalem.

Yeah, they're in stage one, the shaky ceasefire and getting more aid in.

Israel has set up what it calls a yellow line, so it controls a large part of Gaza, and it does strike across that yellow line when it sees threats.

Now, the deal was that they would go to phase two once all the Israeli hostages are out, but there is still the body of one Israeli police officer there.

who was killed in the October 7th attack.

Hamas says the people who knew where that body was have since been killed.

The Israelis say they don't think Trump should move forward until the body is returned.

And Hamas agrees to disarm.

So that's where things are kind of stuck for the moment.

Well, Israeli officials say that there's no signs that Hamas is ready to disarm.

So that's one thing they want is to keep the pressure on Hamas to keep its end of the bargain.