The Israeli Army announced on Monday (26) the recovery of the remains of Ran Gvili, identified as the last Israeli held in the Gaza Strip. According to military authorities, the conclusion of the identification process allows advancing to the next phase of the ceasefire agreement signed in October, which provides for gradual measures to end the war between Israel and Palestine. The information was preliminarily disclosed by Israeli forces at the end of a search and forensic examination operation, according to Al Jazeera.
According to Israeli Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee, the confirmation came after examinations carried out by the National Center for Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israeli Police and the Military Rabbinate. “After the conclusion of the identification process by the National Center for Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israeli Police and the Military Rabbinate, representatives [of the Army] informed the family of the deceased Ran Gvili that his body had been returned for burial,” Adraee stated, officially informing the family about the return of the body.
In the same statement, the spokesperson affirmed that the recovery closes the chapter on Israeli hostages in Gaza. “Thus, all hostages held in the Gaza Strip have been repatriated,” Adraee said, reinforcing that there are no more Israelis in custody in the Palestinian territory, according to Tel Aviv’s official version.
The announcement comes after the Hamas military wing reported that it had passed “all the details” to the truce mediators regarding the possible location of the last captive’s body. The return was stipulated in the terms of the US-mediated ceasefire and considered an essential condition for implementing the subsequent stages of the agreement.
Before the confirmation, the Israeli government had conditioned the reopening of the Rafah crossing, which connects Gaza to Egypt, on locating the last captive. Even with the recovery of the remains, Israel maintains its position that the border crossing will be reopened on a restricted basis, “on a limited basis,” exclusively for the movement of people, without authorization for the regular flow of goods.
Fonte: brasil247.com