The hostages are scheduled to return by Monday at 12:00 P.M. under the agreement, but Israeli officials estimate the release could be moved up. While political sources believe locating the bodies of all the deceased hostages in Gaza could take weeks or months, this is not expected to prevent the continued implementation of the deal

The UN estimates that 83 percent of all structures in Gaza City were damaged or destroyed, along with most of its crops and vegetation

In an interview with the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the far-right finance minister said that the attack was 'a grace from God, delivering a painful, severe slap, a great disaster with terrible consequences. This slap woke us up after many years of complacency'