The Israeli military says the bodies of four more deceased hostages have been returned from Gaza
Formal identification of the hostages will now take place, the Israel Defense Forces says
It comes as Israel will reportedly not reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday and will reduce the flow of aid into the territory
Israeli media and Reuters news agency report the decision came after Hamas returned just four of 28 Israeli hostages' bodies on Monday
The IDF says it has identified the bodies of those four hostages - they are named as Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Daniel Peretz
In Gaza, the Palestinian Civil Defence tells the BBC that seven people have been killed by Israeli fire in two separate incidents - Israel's military says it fired at people who had crossed the line where its troops have withdrawn to
We're now hearing more from Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi who is speaking again at the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Sisi hails today as a "historic milestone that ends an agonising chapter" and a "new era of peace and stability" in the Middle East.
We're listening across and will bring you the key lines - and a reminder that you can watch live at the top of the page.
The remains of two more "coffins of deceased abductees" have been received by the Red Cross in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says.
They are now making their way to Israeli forces in Gaza where two other bodies of deceased hostages are located, a joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet says.
"Hamas is required to abide by the agreement and make the necessary efforts to return all of the deceased abductees," the joint statement adds.
The IDF statement does not identify the deceased captives.
Earlier, Hamas released a list of the names of four hostages whose bodies it said would be returned to Israel today.
Image source, Getty ImagesAmong the leaders shaking hands with Donald Trump ahead of the signing we've just watched was Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas previously visited the US president at the White House during his first term in 2017.
The meeting comes after the US last month blocked Abbas and other Palestinian officials from attending the UN General Assembly by revoking their visas - with Secretary of State Marco Rubio accusing the Palestinian Authority of undermining peace efforts.
For context: The Palestinian Authority is a governing body that has control of parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is run by Fatah, a rival to Hamas. Abbas is also in charge of the PLO - the umbrella organisation which represents Palestinians at international forums.
Trump's plan has left open the possibility of a role for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza after it carries out reforms, though Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected its involvement.
Image source, EPAAs other leaders present sign the document, other attendees applaud.
Trump once again thanks them for the support shown during the negotiations for the ceasefire.
"Everybody's happy," he says, saying he's done "big deals before" but "this has taken off like a rocket ship".
He says there had previously been predictions claiming World War Three would start in the Middle East, adding "that's not going to happen."
The signing ceremony then concludes.
Image source, Getty ImagesTrump asks: "Can we get the documents please?" and a green folder is placed in front of the US president.
He signs it, and says: "This took 3,000 years to get to this point, can you believe it? And it's going to hold up too".
Various folders are then passed between Trump, Egypt's President Sisi, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkey's President Erdogan, who each place their signature.
Image source, ReutersWe're hearing once again from Donald Trump, as he speaks at a new conference flanked by world leaders at a peace summit in Egypt.
The US president begins by picking out and praising the leaders of countries who he says have helped broker a ceasefire, including Qatar, Turkey and Egypt.
Trump says the group is representative of a whole host of nations, and are "among the most powerful countries in the world".
"We're doing a signing then we're doing a speech", Trump explains as he sets out the agenda.
Then, he says, he'll stay behind with the leaders to talk without the media watching.
Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent, travelling with the president
Let's now take a closer at the meeting between Trump and Egypt’s President Sisi a little earlier. We were allowed into the room before their meeting started.
Trump, who in his first term once famously reportedly described Sisi as his “favourite dictator”, shook hands with the Egyptian leader, turned to us press and pointed at Sisi calling him a “powerful man, very powerful. No crime, they have no crime. You put it out before it starts,” he said.
Egypt is routinely condemned by rights groups for its human rights record - including for systematically detaining and punishing peaceful critics and activists “effectively criminalising peaceful dissent” according to Human Rights Watch.
Trump’s words are likely to be picked up by his critics at home, where he has been sending National Guard troops into some US cities he says to curb crime.
Trump then spoke about the Gaza deal and paid tribute to Egypt’s role.
This Red Sea resort was host to the mediated negotiations between Israel and Hamas and the deal was clinched here last week.
That agreement - the hostage and prisoner exchange and partial withdrawal from Gaza - is described by the Americans as phase one.
As he sat with Sisi, I asked Trump when phase two - the hard work of hammering out arrangements to secure and govern Gaza - would begin.
“It’s started as far as we're concerned,” he replied.
“And you know, the phases are all a little bit mixed in with each other. You start cleaning up. You look at Gaza needs a lot of clean-up…. We’re going to, they're going to really do a job,” he said.
After a series of photos with individual leaders and dignitaries - some of which you can see in our previous post - there was then a group picture of leaders attending the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
We'll bring you the latest from the summit here - stick with us.
Image source, ReutersAfter opening a peace summit in Egypt alongside President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Donald Trump has been shaking hands in front of the cameras with some of those in attendance.
You can see images below.
Image source, Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron
Image source, ReutersUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Image source, Getty ImagesItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Image source, ReutersFormer UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
For context: Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, has been touted as a potential member of the "board of peace" - an international body the US's Gaza plan envisions as playing a supervisory role in the administration of Gaza on a transitional basis.
As we've been reporting, all living Israeli hostages have been taken to Israeli hospitals for treatment after undergoing initial medical assessments.
We can now bring you some more photos of them reunited with their families a little earlier:
Matan Zangauker
Image source, Israel Defense ForcesMatan Zangauker with his mother, Einav
Matan Zangauker was reunited with his mother, Einav.
Matan, 25, was taken hostage during the 7 October attacks along with his partner Ilana Gritzewsky from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Ilana was released during the November 2023 ceasefire.
Avinatan Or
Image source, Israel Defense ForcesAvinatan Or reunited with his partner Noa Argamanin
Avinatan Or, 32, was met by his parents and his partner Noa Argamani. The pair were both kidnapped from the Nova music festival and immediately separated - Argamani was rescued in June 2024 during an Israel military operation.
Yosef-Chaim Ohana
Image source, Israel Defense ForcesYosef-Chaim Ohana greeted by his mother Miri Ben Ami
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 24, was reunited with his mother Miri Ben Ami shortly after returning.
Ohana was also at the festival with a friend, who has previously said he and Ohana had remained to help people escape the gunfire before running themselves.
Nimrod Cohen
Image source, Israel Defense ForcesNimrod Cohen, 21, was serving as an IDF soldier when his tank was attacked by Hamas at Nahal Oz.
Today, he's been reunited with his father Yehuda and mother Viki, twin sister Romi and brother Yotam.
Evyatar David
Image source, ReutersEvyatar David, 24, was at the Nova festival on the morning of the attacks. He's pictured above with his parents Avishai and Galia.
His family said in a statement after his release: "From the first moment, we knew he would return, and here, after two years of suffering, he is here.
"Now a new journey of healing will begin for Evyatar and for us. We wish to thank first the people of Israel, the security forces, and the IDF soldiers in regular and reserve duty and their families, who gave everything and did not give up on the hostages."
Some more comments now from the US delegation in Sharm el-Sheikh, which has just held a short news conference alongside Egypt's President Sisi.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says today is "one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years".
President Trump says he'd like to have President Sisi on his "board of peace" - an international body the US's Gaza plan envisions administering the territory on a transitional basis.
President Sisi responds: "I'll be there".
Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff says there's a "long list of applications" to be on the board.
The short news conference ends with Trump thanking Egypt, and saying the country has done "a fantastic job".
For context, Trump's 20-point peace plan says Gaza would be initially governed by a temporary transitional committee of Palestinian technocrats - supervised by a "Board of Peace" headed and chaired by Trump.
Image source, Getty ImagesMore now from the meeting between Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
Speaking through a translator, Sisi welcomes the delegates to the "city of peace" and calls the ceasefire agreement an "unprecedented accomplishment".
He then tells Trump the US president is the "only one" capable of bringing about an end to the war in Gaza.
And Sisi says he wants to work to bring all the remaining bodies of the Israeli hostages back to Israel, as well as making sure the ceasefire remains in place.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe've just been hearing comments from Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi as they open a peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Asked when phase two of negotiations on a peace agreement will begin, Trump replies: "It's started".
"The phases are all a little bit mixed in with each other," he says, adding that a lot of "clean-up" is required in Gaza.
Returning now to Khan Younis, pictures show large crowds of Palestinians welcoming the return of freed prisoners and detainees transferred from Israel.
In exchange for the hostages, Israel has released almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees
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Image source, Getty ImagesHamas has handed over "two coffins of deceased hostages" to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says.
They are now making their way to IDF and Shin Bet forces in Gaza, it says in a statement.
After that, the remains of two additional hostages will be transferred, it adds.
The IDF does not say who the deceased captives are. Earlier, Hamas released a list of the names of four hostages whose bodies it said would be returned to Israel today.
Neither Hamas nor the ICRC has confirmed the transfer as yet.
Lucy Manning
Special correspondent
Image source, Bring Our People HomeOne of the four bodies Hamas says will be released today is that of Yossi Sharabi - the brother of hostage Eli Sharabi, who was released in February.
Yossi Sharabi's family has just read on Hamas’s Telegram channel that his body will be one of only four handed over today.
Steve Brisley - Eli's brother-in-law, who has since campaigned for the release of Yossi's body - tells BBC News: “I’m a bit shocked and surprised.
"We’d heard Hamas were only going to release four bodies in direct contradiction of the agreement. But then a few minutes later we got notification on the Hamas Telegram channel that Yossi was one of them.
"It’s not happiness as such but it’s a sort of relief and happiness and grief all wrapped in one.
"Yossi will now come back to the land that he loves. We can give him a dignified burial and have somewhere to go to mourn."
"It’s going to bring the curtain down on a traumatic couple of years," he says.
But he says Hamas must stick to the agreement and release all of the bodies of hostages it holds.
Image source, Getty ImagesHamas's military wing a little earlier released the names of four hostages whose bodies it said would be returned to Israel today. Here's a bit more detail on those four individuals.
Bipin Joshi, 24: A Nepalese agriculture student who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Alumim on 7 October 2023. Nepal's ambassador to Israel had previously told the BBC that there were no signs Bipin had survived by the time the new ceasefire was announced.
Guy Illouz, 26: According to his family, he was shot twice during the Nova festival attack and died of his wounds after being taken hostage. Released hostages are said to have confirmed his death.
Yossi Sharabi, 53: He was kidnapped along with brother Eli. In January 2024, Kibbutz Be'eri announced that the father-of-three had been killed in captivity in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces later said he was likely to have been killed when a building collapsed following an Israeli strike on another building nearby. His brother Eli's wife, a British citizen, was killed on 7 October, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer today said his thoughts are with Sharabi's family.
Daniel Peretz, 22: A captain in the IDF's 7th Armoured Brigade, he was killed in an attack on his tank near Nahal Oz on 7 October 2023 and his body was taken to Gaza.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum is calling for "the immediate suspension of all agreement implementation" until every deceased hostage is returned from Gaza.
Earlier today, the group said it was told only four bodies of deceased hostages would be returned today. Hamas later confirmed the names of four hostages whose bodies it said would be returned today.
The forum says: "Hamas’s violation of the agreement must be met with a very serious response from the government and the mediators.
"An agreement must be honoured by both sides. If Hamas does not fulfil their part, Israel should not fulfil its part either.
"We demand all 28 hostages back. We will not give up on anyone, until the last hostage is returned."
In a separate update, Israel's defence minister Israel Katz says releasing only four bodies today would be a "failure" by Hamas to meet its commitments.
For context: A copy of the ceasefire agreement published by Israeli media states the remains of all of the deceased hostages should also be handed over by 12:00 local time (10:00 BST) on Monday.
But it also appears to acknowledge that Hamas and other Palestinian factions may not be able to locate all of them within that timeframe.
Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent, travelling with the president
President Trump touches down in Egypt for summit
Donald Trump has landed in Sharm el-Sheikh for a peace summit of 20 world leaders.
He was greeted on the red carpet by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The two men spoke for a few moments before Trump walked to his limo.
Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, in Sharm el-Sheikh
Image source, ReutersPresident Trump is now on his way to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, for a summit that will see the official signing of the Gaza deal.
More than 20 world leaders - including from Arab and Muslim countries - are here, in a significant show of support for his plan.
The gathering will be another victory lap for the president, whose personal involvement led to the deal.
He has declared that the war in Gaza is over – but the negotiations are not.
In a speech to the Israeli parliament, Trump employed his usual hyperbole to describe this moment, calling it a “historic dawn in a new Middle East”.
But this is only the first phase of his 20-point plan, and major obstacles remain - including questions over the future of Hamas, the scale of the Israeli withdrawal and who will govern Gaza.
Progress will only be made if Trump remains engaged with this process. He is known, however, for not having patience with long and difficult negotiations or being interested in discussing details that are inevitable in any decent deal.
Trump has expressed his desire to expand the Abraham Accords - a key achievement in his first term that saw Israel normalise relations with four Arab states - with the major goal of reaching a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
That, however, is unlikely to happen without a clear path for Palestinian statehood, something the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly rejected.
There is huge momentum and hope, but words alone will not solve the many conflicts in this region.