Turkish experts to help find bodies in Gaza, as Trump warns Hamas

Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza, as US President Donald Trump fired a warning at Hamas Thursday over a spate of recent killings in the territory.

Trump characterised the killings as a breach of the ceasefire deal he spearheaded, under which the Palestinian group returned its last 20 living captives to ‘Israel’.

Hamas says it has also handed back all the bodies of deceased captives it can access but the bodies of 19 more are still unaccounted for and believed to be buried under the ruins alongside an untold number of Palestinians.

Hamas stressed its "commitment" to the ceasefire deal with ‘Israel’, and that they want to return all the remaining bodies of captives left in Gaza.

But it said in a statement that the process "may require some time, as some of these corpses were buried in tunnels destroyed by the occupation, while others remain under the rubble of buildings it bombed and demolished".

Turkey has sent staff from its disaster relief agency to help in locating the bodies but the families of the dead have fumed at Hamas's not delivering the remains.

The main campaign group advocating for the captives' families demanded Thursday that ‘Israel’ "immediately halt the implementation of any further stages of the agreement as long as Hamas continues to blatantly violate its obligations regarding the return of all hostages and the remains of the victims".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his determination to "secure the return of all hostages" after his defence minister warned on Wednesday that ‘Israel’ will "resume fighting" if Hamas failed to do so.

Trump had appeared to call for patience when it came to the bodies' return -- insisting Hamas was "actually digging" for captives' remains -- but later expressed frustration on Thursday with the group's conduct since the fighting halted.

"If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them," Trump said on Truth Social.

Hamas has been accused of carrying out summary executions in Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect.

Clashes have also taken place between the group's various security units and armed Palestinian clans, with Hamas saying they are “collaborators” and “agents” for ‘Israel’.