New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Mediators say another set of remains will cross today, reopening Rafah and testing a ceasefire built on forensic work, not trust.

Gaza City - Hamas has told mediators it will transfer four more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Wednesday, a move that would bring the tally of returned remains to 12 while at least 16 more are believed to remain inside the enclave, according to the Times of Israel. The message, relayed through a Middle Eastern intermediary, underscores the grim and technical reality of a ceasefire that is being measured not only in truck counts and inspection lines but in morgue receipts and identification reports.

Negotiators, doctors, and forensic teams describe a painstaking retrieval effort...