Israelis and Palestinians are signalling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, their first in a year, to pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel at least some of the 100 hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave.

Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the Gaza Strip.

Bodies are completely evaporating, and they’re not even finding remains of people anymore,” a UN officer said.

Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa,

The article discusses the disappearance of Palestinians in Gaza, particularly focusing on Reem Ajour's ordeal after losing her husband and daughter during an Israeli military raid. Legal group Hamoked highlights the lack of accountability and transparency from the Israeli military regarding detainees,

Israelis and Palestinians are signalling new efforts to forge a ceasefire deal, even a limited one, for the first time in a year that would pause the fighting in Gaza and return to Israel some of the hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave.

A Western diplomat in the region said an Israeli deal with the Palestinian militant Hamas group was taking shape but was likely to be limited in scope