Day 843

- IDF finds final slain hostage Ran Gvili HYD in Gaza cemetery, now bringing his body back to Israel for burial He was the last hostage remaining in Gaza.

Gvili’s remains ID’d by dental, fingerprint match; 250 bodies were checked

- Netanyahu makes a Bracha of Shehecheyanu and  removes the pin of the hostages: "We have completed this mission, as I promised, and so we will complete the rest of the missions we have set."

- President Trump reacts to the recovery of the final Israeli hostage remains:

“Just recovered the last Hostage body in GAZA. Thus, got back ALL 20 of the living Hostages, and ALL of the Dead! AMAZING JOB! Most thought of it as an impossible thing to do. Congratulations to my great team of Champions!!! President DJT,” he said on Truth Social.

- Talik Gvili (Ran's father): "We closed the circle - he finally came home, unbelievable. They found him intact, dressed in his uniform. It's an amazing thing. Our pride is greater than the sadness. The funeral is currently planned for next Wednesday. We still can't process that they found Rani."

- Jared Kushner All Israeli hostages in Gaza living and decease l have now been returned for the first time since 2014, following the recovery of Ran Gvili’s body. Kushner credits international coordination under Trump’s leadership and says the focus now is helping Gaza move beyond Hamas to prevent future violence.

- Sources at the White House to Yinon Magal from Ch 14: "You have no idea how many people cried here today at the White House. We worked on this project relentlessly! As if they were Americans. We could have given up weeks ago, but we didn't. It should be noted that there was very sensitive and ongoing cooperation with the Egyptians, who connected all the parties together. Now we move to the next stage: very soon a major plan will be published, which will also include the disarmament of Gaza and the dismantling of Hamas's weapons. It is likely they will say yes and try to deceive... but Jared and Steve are not naive. No one believed we would bring everyone back, and we did it! And so it will be with the dismantling of Hamas. There are several options regarding the timelines: short, medium, and long. In Gaza, the easy way is the wrong way. Soon the Rafah crossing will open, in a safe manner, so that no weapons enter Gaza. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst."

- President Herzog removes his yellow hostage pin

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the return of the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili “is an extraordinary achievement for Israel.”

“We promised, and I promised, to bring everyone back, and we brought everyone back,” he says, “to the very last one.”

“Rani is a hero of Israel. He went in first, he came out last. He came back,”

- Netanyahu in the Knesset: "The next stage is the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza - not rehabilitation. We have an interest in advancing this stage and not delaying it."

- The army says that the intelligence indicating Gvili was buried at the cemetery in eastern Gaza City had been known for a while, though recently the picture was made clearer by intelligence-gathering operations and information confirmed by Hamas to Israel via mediators. The army says that the intelligence indicating Gvili was buried at the cemetery in eastern Gaza City had been known for a while, though recently the picture was made clearer by intelligence-gathering operations and information confirmed by Hamas to Israel via mediators.