Israeli media report that Israel had obtained *months ago* credible information on the location of the last remaining hostage's body - a cemetery *within Israeli "yellow line" area of control* - but the government did not allow the IDF to search it. www.ynet.co.il/news/article... 1/

Rather, Israel used this issue as an excuse to delay indefinitely transition to stage 2 of the cease fire and to keep the Rafah border crossing closed. When the US dictated to Israel transition to stage 2, the Israeli cabinet finally ordered the IDF to search those locations. 2/