Trump said Hamas is „absolutely“ looking for the remains of deceased hostages and is searching through the rubble of buildings toppled by Israeli bombardment, as well as through tunnels underneath Gaza‘s streets.

„We have the living hostages all back. They returned some more today. It‘s a gruesome process,“ he said. „But they‘re digging. They‘re actually digging. There are areas where they‘re digging, and they‘re finding a lot of bodies. Then they have to separate the bodies. You wouldn‘t believe this. And some of those bodies have been in there a long time, and some of them are under rubble. They have to remove rubble.“