Fayez Abu Halima, 39, (right) and his brothers cry over the body of their mother killed in Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia. He tells NPR from the hospital morgue: "We did not expect the war to restart with such ferocity… We are living in hell." At least 25 members of the family were killed in the pre-dawn airstrikes Mar. 20, 2025. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Young Palestinians fill cans with water in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday. Arab negotiators are trying to broker a ceasefire deal that would avert a return to fighting in Gaza and begin serious negotiations toward a formal end of the war, since the breakdown of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal at the beginning of the month. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their release in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli-Russian hostage Sasha Trupanov (second right) and fellow captive, Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen (second left), stand on stage next to Palestinian militants during their handover to a Red Cross team in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 15, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. Hamas says it has held direct talks with the U.S. about hostages. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Freed Palestinian prisoners react as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption
Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel on Wednesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
People line the street to watch the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas with family in minibuses pass by on Feb. 26, 2025 in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
A poster shows Shiri Bibas, center, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons on Oct. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem on Friday. Mahmoud Illean/AP hide caption
Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters deploy ahead of handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, who had long been feared dead, to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
A man walks past a billboard bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas-led militants, in Jerusalem on Monday, as the country marked the 500th day since their abduction. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky holds a photo of her boyfriend, Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, still held in Gaza. In her other hand, she holds a flare next to photos of other hostages, May 25, 2024. Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Alexander "Sasha" Trupanov and Yair Horn were named by Hamas Friday to be released the following day. Hostages and Missing Families Forum hide caption
Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami draped in an Israeli flag arrives at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov Hospital by helicopter, on Feb. 8, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami Hostages and Missing Families Forum hide caption