Israeli forces are looking out a Gaza cemetery for the stays of Ran Gvili, the final captive within the Palestinian territory.
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Hamas says it has handed over the placement of the stays of the final captive in Gaza, Israeli soldier Ran Gvili, because the second stage of the ceasefire begins within the war-ravaged enclave.
In an announcement on Sunday, a spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, mentioned the group handed over the placement of Gvili’s stays with “absolute transparency”, and that it “fulfilled all our obligations in accordance with the ceasefire settlement”.
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“We’re absolutely dedicated to closing this file completely and have little interest in procrastination. This stance is rooted in our concern for the pursuits of our folks. Working underneath advanced and practically unimaginable situations, we’ve got efficiently recovered and handed over the stays of the enemy’s prisoners with the complete information of the mediators,” Abu Obeida mentioned.
“We name upon these mediators to uphold their obligations and compel the [Israeli] occupation to implement what has been agreed upon.”
In the meantime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned a largescale operation was underneath means at a cemetery in northern Gaza to search out the stays. “This effort will proceed for so long as vital,” his workplace added.
The Israeli navy additionally mentioned that search operations have been underneath solution to retrieve Gvili’s physique from the so-called “yellow line” space in Gaza, which splits the world between the placement of Israeli troopers and Palestinian fighters.
Gvili, a noncommissioned officer within the Israeli police’s elite Yassam unit, was killed in motion on October 7, 2023, through the Hamas-led assault in Israel, and his physique was taken to Gaza.
However as a part of United States President Donald Trump’s peace proposal for Gaza, Hamas was required to return all of the captives, dwelling and useless, from the besieged enclave to Israel.
Amid widespread devastation and an Israeli refusal to permit for heavy equipment, the invention of the final captive has been delayed.
Regardless of not discovering the captive, US particular envoy Steve Witkoff introduced final week that the ceasefire was now transferring to its second stage, which is prone to see the opening of the Rafah border crossing, the reconstruction of the Strip, and the disarmament of Hamas.
Witkoff on Sunday mentioned he and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had met Netanyahu in Israel on the day before today, primarily to debate Gaza.
In the meantime, Israeli attacks have continued throughout Gaza, with a minimum of three Palestinians killed in two separate incidents, and an Israeli drone wounding 4 others in Gaza Metropolis, the enclave’s Ministry of Well being mentioned on Sunday.
Medics mentioned Israeli forces killed a minimum of two folks east of the Tuffah neighbourhood in northern Gaza and a 41-year-old man in Khan Younis within the south.
Earlier, medical employees mentioned an Israeli drone exploded on the rooftop of a multi-floor constructing in Gaza Metropolis, wounding 4 civilians on the street close by.
