Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Palestinian state

Egypt’s State Information Service denied the announcement by Israeli authorities that there is coordination to open the Rafah crossing in the "coming days" for departures from the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian officials quoted an official source as saying that if an agreement is reached to open the crossing, movement would be permitted in both directions -- for entry into and exit from Gaza -- in accordance with arrangements outlined in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan.

Israeli officials earlier on Wednesday said the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip "will open in the coming days exclusively for the exit of residents" from Gaza.

-ABC News’ Morgan Winsor and Ayat Al-Tawy

The Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip "will open in the coming days exclusively for the exit of residents" from Gaza, the Israeli Ministry of Defense's unit in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, called COGAT, said on Wednesday.

"The residents' exit through the Rafah Crossing will be facilitated through coordination with Egypt, following security approval by Israel and under the supervision of the European Union mission, similar to the mechanism that operated in January 2025," COGAT said in a statement on social media.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The most recent remains transferred to Israel from the Gaza Strip match neither of the two hostages thought to be held by Hamas, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday.

The remains returned on Tuesday "are not linked to any of the deceased abductees," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, citing findings from the National Center for Forensic Medicine.

Further information about the remains was not immediately released.

Netanyahu’s office said the families of the two remaining hostages in Hamas hands, both of whom are presumed dead, were notified of the findings.

"The effort to return them will not stop until the mission is completed -- to bring them to a proper burial in their country," Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.

-ABC News’ Morgan Winsor and Jordana Miller

Two people were shot and killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on Monday in two separate incidents, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The IDF said the individuals crossed into the Israeli-controlled part of northern Gaza "posing an immediate threat" to troops.

"IDF troops in the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat," the IDF said in a statement.