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President Trump warned Hamas in a truth social post, quote,

If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.

End quote. The president's comment coming at a delicate time in the peace process in Gaza.

Israel has returned the bodies of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza today, bringing the total to 120, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel will turn over 15 Palestinian bodies for every deceased

Israeli hostage returned. Hamas says it has returned all the bodies it is able to access.

Here's NPR's Kerry Khan. After returning to Israeli hostage bodies

late Wednesday, Hamas says it has no more accessible bodies and will require, quote,

significant efforts and specialized equipment to reach more. It's estimated that 19 dead Israeli

hostages are still in Gaza, believed to be under the immense mounds of rubble

and debris. More than 10,000 Palestinians are also missing, believed to be under the rubble,

according to Gaza health officials. Two senior U.S. advisors who spoke to the press on condition

of anonymity say they don't believe Hamas is violating the ceasefire, and intelligence will continue to be

shared with Hamas to help retrieve more bodies. Gaza officials are struggling to identify the

bodies returned from Israel already. None came back with names or IDs. Carrie Khan, NPR News,

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