Netanyahu 'determined' to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages

The Israeli prime minister's comments come after Hamas said it could not access the bodies of 19 hostages in Gaza.

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Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments hours after Hamas returned the bodies of two more hostages but said it was not able to access the remaining 19.

There has been fury in Israel that Hamas has not returned all the bodies in line with last week's Gaza ceasefire deal, though the US has downplayed the suggestion it amounts to a breach.

Hamas said later it remained committed to the ceasefire, including "keenness to hand over all remaining corpses".

In a statement, it accused Netanyahu of impeding its ability to search for hostages' remains by not allowing heavy machinery and diggers into the Gaza Strip.