A few hours after Hamas said it would return the bodies of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her two little children on Thursday, her sister-in-law said she had not given up hope of seeing them return home, alive.

King Abdullah of Jordan headed to the hospital for surgery just days after his new granddaughter, Amina, was born.

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah will undergo minor surgery on Tuesday, the royal palace said in a statement. The 63-year-old monarch will be treated for an incisional hernia at the country's King Hussein Medical City. The palace did not say how long he will be in hospital for.

King Abdullah of Jordan will undergo minor surgery to treat a hernia on Tuesday, the royal palace said. State television quoted a palace official as saying the monarch will stay two hours in the King Hussein Medical Centre,