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Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

Hamas has agreed to proceed with handing over four more dead hostages in exchange for Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, Egyptian officials said, potentially resolving a dispute that threatened to derail the current cease-fire in Gaza.

The deadly strikes came as Hamas confirmed an agreement, under Egyptian mediation, to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.

Nearly three months after Bashar al-Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over what comes next.

Israel was preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages from Gaza on Thursday and was working on bringing back six living captives on Saturday, said an Israeli security official on Monday.