Overview
- At a Hanukkah celebration at the White House, President Trump said the remains of all 28 deceased hostages had been recovered.
- Ronen Neutra, whose son Omer was among those killed, publicly clarified that one body, Ran Gvili, is still in Gaza.
- Trump invited families onstage, including Ronen and Orna Neutra and Adi and Yael Alexander, in a ceremony honoring bereaved and freed hostages’ families.
- Reporting described Edan Alexander as an American-Israeli lone IDF soldier who was held captive, released, and has returned to military service.
- VINnews reported that Israeli officials consider the return of Gvili’s remains an unresolved matter cited as delaying the next phase of talks linked to Trump’s Gaza framework.