Overview
- Police officer Ran Gvili is widely reported as the lone person still believed to be in Gaza, with Israeli authorities saying he likely died though his body has not been recovered.
- His mother, Talik Gvili, says Israel should not advance to the plan’s second phase until her son is brought home, alive or in remains.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expects the truce’s next stage to begin shortly, highlighting a tension with families pressing for full accounting first.
- Under the ceasefire’s terms, militants have returned 47 of the 48 hostages who remained at the deal’s start, and the next phase follows only after every living hostage and the bodies of the deceased are returned.
- The upcoming stage envisions disarming Hamas, further Israeli withdrawals, a transitional authority for Gaza, and an international stabilisation force, while a nationwide grassroots movement continues to rally for the hostages’ return.