Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Israel might keep Gaza's important Rafah crossing closed due to a lack of progress by Hamas in returning the remains of some of the dead hostages to Israel.
If more progress is not made on returning the bodies of dead hostages to their families, Israeli officials said the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza could remain closed, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
The Rafah crossing is one of the most important crossings at the Gaza border and leads into Egypt and was scheduled to open on Wednesday, but Hamas only has returned the bodies of four of the 28 hostages who died while held by Hamas and its allies in Gaza.
The cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel calls for the Rafah crossing to open on Wednesday, and Egyptian teams are searching for the dead hostages' remains to expedite their return to Israel, i24 News reported.
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