One day after leaders of European and Arab nations, along with President Donald Trump, declared an end to the war in Gaza at an Egyptian peace summit, the Israeli government broke with terms of the ceasefire deal on Tuesday, killing at least seven Palestinians, many of whom were returning to their homes after months of displacement, and announcing it would restrict the amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The agreement stipulated that Israel would halt all of its military operations and that the flow of aid would return to levels seen under the previous ceasefire, during which at least 600 aid trucks entered the territory each day. Despite this, Israel’s military carried out two strikes and COGAT, the military unit that controls shipments of aid into Gaza, told aid groups that it would limit deliveries to half the amount — 300 trucks daily — agreed upon in the deal. The Israeli government also said it would not reopen the Rafah crossing along the border of Egypt, a key avenue for the delivery of aid.

Israel carried out the attacks and restricted aid as it accused Hamas of failing to hand over the bodies of the remaining Israeli prisoners in a timely manner as promised in the ceasefire agreement. Within the 72 hours allotted in the deal, Hamas returned the 20 living Israeli prisoners, in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, many of whom were detained in Gaza during the war without charges. For the retrieval of the remains of the deceased detainees in Gaza, all sides, including Israel, had acknowledged it would take more time since many of the bodies are buried beneath rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel’s bombardment. According to Palestinian and United Nations estimates, 10,000 bodies remain buried beneath the 50 million tons of rubble from buildings leveled by Israel’s attacks. Some of the bodies are also believed to be within the nearly 60 percent of Gaza that remains under Israeli military occupation.

The implementation of the ceasefire, signed by both Israel and Hamas, spelled out such terms to deal with the logistical obstacles. The plan, published by Israeli media, called on Hamas and Israel to share information about the whereabouts of “any remaining deceased hostages........

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