Arab leaders discuss Gaza reconstruction

Israeli PM says one body that Hamas released was not a hostage, vows action

Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Friday for a meeting that focused on Cairo's proposed plan to rebuild Gaza to counter US President Donald Trump's controversial scheme for the United States to take over the enclave and to save a fragile cease-fire between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel after 16 months of conflict.

However, hours after Hamas released the bodies of four hostages in the first such handover, Israel's military said early on Friday that one of the four was not that of Shiri Bibas, describing the remains as "anonymous" and demanding Hamas return the correct body. Hamas said all the four returned on Thursday were killed in Israeli airstrikes, but Israel said testing had found that two boys and 83-year-old Oded Lifshitz were killed by their captors.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Friday of committing a "cruel and evil" violation of the Gaza cease-fire deal by failing to return the captive Shiri Bibas.