"The aid allows it to rehabilitate without any compensation and without the return of the dead.
"No aid will be transferred until the last of the dead is returned.”
Nine of the 26 deceased hostages held by Hamas at the start of the ceasefire have been returned, but the terror group claims it is unable to access the rest as they are buried under rubble.
But Tzav 9 accused Hamas of “violations” of the truce by failing to return the bodies.
The group’s name, which translates to “Order 9”, refers to Order 8, the IDF protocol activating the emergency call-up of reserves on October 7, 2023.
Its members have previously held up aid convoys by camping on roads at border crossings, and have looted and damaged aid, including setting fire to two trucks in the West Bank last year.
While it describes itself as non-partisan, it has long been accused of having ties to the Israeli far-right, including NGOs affiliated with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, per Axios.
The group had been largely inactive in recent months until the announcement of the ceasefire on Friday and Hamas’ subsequent failure to return all hostages within the allotted timeframe.
However, US officials maintained that Hamas did not break the ceasefire, with one Trump adviser telling a White House briefing: “We’ve heard a lot of people saying ‘Hamas violated the deal, because not all the bodies have been returned’.
"The understanding we had with them was we get all the live hostages out, which they honoured.
"Right now, we have a mechanism in place where we’re working closely with mediators… to do our best to get as many bodies out as possible."
"It would have been almost impossible for Hamas — even if they knew where all the 28 bodies were — to mobilise and get them all," added another official.
