Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa set off on Wednesday for Brazil, a diplomatic source said, where he will attend the COP30 climate conference before meeting US President Donald Trump in Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump will host Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa for talks on November 10, the White House announced Tuesday, saying the former jihadist had made "good progress" toward establishing peace in his war-torn country.

Israel's diaspora minister on Wednesday slammed New York's leftist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as a "Hamas supporter" and called on the city's Jews to move to Israel following his victory.

Israelis celebrated the return of the last 20 living hostages who were held in Gaza under the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. But Hamas and Israel are now arguing over the release of the remains of the last eight hostages. Hamas says it has not been able to reach all of the remains because they are buried under rubble left behind by Israel's two-year offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel has accused the militants of dragging their feet and threatened to resume military operations or withhold humanitarian aid if all of the remains are not returned.

Since the ceasefire began this month, Israel has released the remains of 225 Palestinians to Gaza in exchange for the remains of the hostages, many of whom were killed in Israel during the attack. Only around 80 of the 270 Palestinian bodies returned since the ceasefire began have been identified, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

The United Nations said Tuesday it had distributed food parcels to one million people in Gaza since the ceasefire, but warned it was still in a race to save lives.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned against violations of the ceasefire in Gaza that halted two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

Israel returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians to Gaza on Monday, bringing the total number handed over under the ceasefire deal to 270, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said.

Israeli police arrested former military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the national security minister said Monday, following a scandal that erupted after she leaked a video appearing to show soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee.

Turkey on Monday hosts a string of top diplomats from the Islamic world to bring their influence to bear on the future of Gaza, as fears grow for the increasingly fragile truce.

Israel's military said Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza via the Red Cross the previous night were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory.

The Israeli military told AFP that a forensic analysis revealed the bodies were not those of any of the 11 deceased captives still to be handed over as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.