Israel says the remains of final hostage in Gaza are recovered, key for ceasefire's next phase

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it "an incredible achievement" for Israel and its soldiers, telling Israeli media that "I promised we would bring everyone home and we have brought everyone home."
58% : Israel's top court considers petition to open Gaza for international journalists The Foreign Press Association on Monday asked Israel's Supreme Court to allow journalists to enter Gaza freely and independently.
49% : Netanyahu's office said Sunday that Israel would open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which Palestinians see as their lifeline to the world, once the search for Gvili was finished.
48% : Before Gvili's remains were recovered, 20 living hostages and the remains of 27 others had been returned to Israel since the ceasefire, most recently in early December.
48% : Israel in exchange has released the bodies of hundreds Palestinians to Gaza.
47% : The announcement that the remains of Ran Gvili had been found and identified came a day after Israel's government said the military was conducting a "large-scale operation" in a cemetery in northern Gaza to locate them.
47% : The announcement that the remains of Ran Gvili had been found and identified came a day after Israel's government said the military was conducting a "large-scale operation" in a cemetery in northern Gaza to locate them.
47% : Israel's military had said the large-scale operation to locate Gvili's remains was "in the area of the Yellow Line" that divides the territory.
45% : The return of all remaining hostages, living or dead, has been a key part of the Gaza ceasefire's first phase, and Gvili's family had urged Israel's government not to enter the second phase until his remains were recovered and returned.
39% : Israel and Hamas had been under pressure from ceasefire mediators including Washington to move into the second phase of the U.S.-brokered truce, which took effect on Oct. 10.
35% : The remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, Israel's military said Monday, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that paused the Israel-Hamas war.
31% : Israel has barred reporters from entering Gaza independently since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, which triggered the war, saying entry could put both journalists and soldiers at risk.
30% : Israel had repeatedly accused Hamas of dragging its feet in the recovery of the final hostage.
30% : Hamas said it had provided all the information it had about Gvili's remains, and accused Israel of obstructing efforts to search for them in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control.

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