What are the latest developments in the Gaza ceasefire situation?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Today marks one week into the Gaza ceasefire. A dispute is growing over the bodies of the remaining 19 Israeli hostages in Gaza. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Tel Aviv it's threatening the ceasefire.
In a statement, Hamas said recovering the 19 bodies of the remaining Israeli hostages may take some time because it requires special digging equipment that it needs from outside Gaza. Hamas said the bodies are buried in tunnels under the rubble of bombed out buildings. Hamas's militant wing leaked a video to Al Jazeera showing its men searching for the bodies of hostages.
The Jerusalem Post reports that an 81-person rescue team from Turkey is prepared to assist in the search for bodies, but was barred by Israel's government from entering Gaza.
Israel has accused Hamas this week of holding back these bodies and violating the ceasefire agreement, while Hamas says its inability to find the bodies reflects the complex situation on the ground in Gaza as society attempts to rebuild. Rob Schmitz and PR News, Tel Aviv.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton is at a federal courthouse in Maryland this morning. He's been indicted on 18 counts of allegedly mishandling classified information. Bolton worked in the first Trump administration but is now a fierce Trump critic. President Trump has repeatedly denounced Bolton.
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Elliot Williams says that the case may involve Bolton's conduct, and the president's statements.
Two things can be true at the same time. Prosecutors could have put together an indictment that raises some damning allegations about John Bolton and his conduct, and at the same time, the president of the United States has impermissibly injected himself into a number of matters, including John Bolton's.
I would say, if I were John Bolton's defense attorneys, that the president's repeated statements about John Bolton do cast at least some doubt on the indictment. He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition.
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