News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned
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🗓️ 18 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | In tonight's other headlines, there is uncertainty whether Palestinians trying to get back to Gaza will have a way through the Rafa border crossing. |
| 0:08.7 | The Palestinian embassy in Egypt said the crossing will reopen Monday. |
| 0:13.0 | But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued its own statement today, saying the crossing will remain closed until further notice. Before the war, |
| 0:22.7 | the Rafa crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip to Egypt, was the only way for Palestinians |
| 0:27.8 | to leave the area along a route not controlled by Israel. Israel said all the bodies of the |
| 0:33.3 | hostages must be returned before the crossing can be allowed to reopen. Late this evening, the IDF said it would soon receive the remains of several hostages. |
| 0:42.3 | Hamas blames its slow progress in returning remains on a lack of heavy machinery to dig through the rubble and ash of what's left of the Gaza Strip. |
| 0:51.3 | Meanwhile, Gaza's civil defense blamed the Israeli military for the deaths of nearly a dozen |
| 0:57.5 | people overnight. |
| 0:59.0 | It's been widely reported that 11 people from the same family were killed after their |
| 1:03.9 | bus was hit by a tank shell. |
| 1:06.0 | The IDF said its soldiers fired at a suspicious vehicle that crossed into an area where Israeli forces |
| 1:12.0 | continued to operate. This is the deadliest incident since the ceasefire took effect eight days ago. |
| 1:18.5 | President Trump said tonight, two survivors who were detained after a U.S. strike on a vessel Thursday |
| 1:23.7 | in the Caribbean will be returned to their home countries. In a social media post, |
| 1:28.7 | the president said the military targeted an alleged drug-carrying submarine because it was going |
| 1:34.5 | to bring fentanyl and other narcotics to the U.S. Two people were on board were killed, |
| 1:39.2 | while two survivors were rescued. According to Mr. Trump, they will soon be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, |
| 1:45.5 | where they will face detention and prosecution. Thursday's strike is at least the sixth that's |
| 1:50.5 | attack since early September. Former Congressman George Santos is out of prison and back home tonight |
| 1:57.0 | after President Trump commuted his sentence. The president wrote on social media that he |
| 2:01.9 | decided to sign the commutation to release Santos from prison on Friday, in part because Santos |
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