US EditionIsrael says remains of last hostage recovered in Gaza, paving way for next ceasefire phase
The recovery of Israeli officer Ran Gvili's remains fulfills a key ceasefire condition and enables limited reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing for pedestrians, officials said.
- The Israeli military said on Monday the remains of Ran Gvili, 24, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 7, 2023, have been identified and will be returned for burial.
- Under the ceasefire's first phase, the return of all living and deceased hostages was required before phase two, and Gvili's family urged Israel to wait until his remains were recovered, while ceasefire mediators including Washington pressed both sides to proceed.
- On Sunday, Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation searching cemetery areas in northern Gaza and along the Yellow Line, where Gvili's remains were found on the Israeli side near al-Batsh cemetery and al-Sanafour.
- That recovery paves the way for the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, and Netanyahu called it `This is an extraordinary achievement for the State of Israel`; Rafah crossing will reopen for pedestrians only after conditions are met.
- Phase two will confront thornier issues including disarming Hamas and governance changes, while Palestinians in Gaza doubt improvements amid ongoing bloodshed and more than 71,400 deaths since 2023.
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The Israeli military has identified the remains of the last hostage taken to Gaza after the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. "Thus, all hostages held in Gaza have been returned to their homeland," the military announced.
"There are no more hostages in the Gaza Strip," Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in the parliament on Monday. The remains of the police officer Ran Gvili were discovered in a cemetery on Monday. Now the road is clear for the second phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Gvili had been identified and was transferred for burial, the army announced on Monday. Several Isr…
The Israeli army announced Monday the discovery in a cemetery near Gaza capital of the remains of the last of the 251 hostages Hamas took in his October 2023 attack. The discovery paves the way for the reopening in the coming days of Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, and represents the first time in more than a decade—since the capture of soldiers in the 2014 offensive—without Israeli hostages in the hands of militias …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the return of Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in the Gaza Strip, on Monday and announced that the country has now returned the remains of all hostages.
The Israeli occupation announced on Monday the discovery of the body of its last captive inside the Gaza Strip, policeman Ran Gweli, after searches conducted in a cemetery in the northern part of the Strip. The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, linked this development to adherence to the terms of the agreement signed...
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