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• Israel marks the return of the final hostage's remains after more than two years of war and grief - The return of Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer killed while fighting Hamas militants during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, fulfilled nationwide hopes to return all hostages, living or dead. The October 2025 ceasefire required H
• Israeli army takes journalists into a tunnel in a Gaza city it seized and largely flattened - On Monday, Israel's military took journalists into Rafah — the city at Gaza's southernmost point that troops seized last year and largely flattened — as the 2-month-old Israel-Hamas ceasefire reaches a critical point. Israel has banned int