Good evening. I'm Amden Abbas.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, the joy from freed Israeli hostages is

tempered by the long, physical, and mental recovery that lies ahead and the memories of those

who did not survive. Major news outlets refuse to sign new restrictive Pentagon rules ordered by Defense Secretary

Pete Heggssef.

And how the wealthy are driving the current U.S. economy, often at the expense of working people.

They're spending on birthday parties and lavish weddings and growing their spending month

after month.

And the rest of America, the bottom 80%, they're cautious right now.

Welcome to the News Hour.

The fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire faces new tension tonight in part over the missing remains of more than 20 Israeli hostages.

All 20 living hostages were released yesterday, but they were supposed to be accompanied by the bodies of 28 deceased hostages.

Only eight have been handed over as of this evening.

As Laila Mulana Allen reports again tonight from Israel,

caring for the living is now a priority,

while awaiting the delivery of the dead is excruciating.

A tidal wave of emotion on the day a nation had longed for, and then came the day after.

For many months, the focus was on getting the hostages home.

Now it switched to helping them heal.

The staff at Rabin Medical Center in Petatikva were ready, preparing for weeks, or some might say, for two long years.

Five of yesterday's 20 released hostages landed here, and head nurse Michal Steinman was there to greet them.

And I'm supposed, you know, to be very official. I'm the head nurse and welcome to the hospital.

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