Overview
- The IDF located and repatriated the remains of 24-year-old police sergeant Ran Gvili from a cemetery in eastern Gaza City after information was relayed via mediators.
- The National Forensic Institute, working with Israeli Police and the Military Rabbinate, completed the identification and notified his family.
- A military spokesperson said this completes the return of all people taken from Gaza on October 7, 2023.
- Officials say the recovery clears a stated precondition for reopening the Rafah crossing and for starting a planned second phase of Gaza reconstruction.
- Of the 251 people abducted on October 7, reporting tallies 207 taken alive, 166 survivors and 41 deaths in captivity.