Overview
- The IDF said the National Forensic Medicine Center, working with Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate, identified Gvili’s remains and notified his family.
- Troops exhumed graves in a northern Gaza cemetery near the Yellow Line, with rabbis and dental experts on site to assist in identification.
- Israel announced a limited reopening of the Rafah crossing for pedestrians under full Israeli inspection, and an Israeli official said EU personnel and Palestinian forces could operate the gate under Shin Bet oversight.
- Hamas said it provided all available information on the burial site and accused Israel of hindering searches, while Israel had previously accused Hamas of delays.
- With the recovery, Israeli authorities say no hostages remain in Gaza for the first time since 2014, and phase two of the plan envisions Hamas’s disarmament, an international stabilization force, and a technocratic Palestinian administration.